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A2280 • 2026

Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.

Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Donlon, Margie, M.D.
Last action
2026-01-13
Official status
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.

Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.

What This Bill Does

  • Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.
  • Topic: Community Development and Women's Affairs Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced, Referred to Assembly Community Development and Women's Affairs Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating disorders.
Topic:
Community Development and Women's Affairs
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A2280

ASSEMBLY, No. 2280

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman MARGIE DONLON, M.D.

District 11 (Monmouth)

Assemblywoman ALIXON COLLAZOS-GILL

District 27 (Essex and Passaic)

Assemblyman STERLEY S. STANLEY

District 18 (Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits health insurance carriers from using human
body weight as factor in determining coverage for treatment of eating
disorders.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative
Counsel.

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An Act

concerning health insurance coverage of eating
disorders and supplementing P.L.1997, c.192 (C.26:2S-1 et seq.).

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� A carrier shall not use
human body weight as a factor to determine whether to provide coverage of
treatment for an eating disorder to a covered person.

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect on the 90th day next following enactment and shall apply to policies,
plans, and contracts that are delivered, issued, executed, or renewed on or
after that date.

STATEMENT

���� This bill prohibits health
insurance carriers from using human body weight as a factor in determining
coverage for treatment of eating disorders.

���� For the purpose of this bill,
�carrier� means an insurance company, hospital service corporation, medical
service corporation, health service corporation, or health maintenance
organization authorized to issue health benefits plans in New Jersey.