A236 • 2026

Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.

Healthcare

Passed Legislature

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Sponsor: Azzariti Jr., John V., M.D.
Last action: 2026-01-13
Official status: Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee
Effective date: Not listed

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Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.

What This Bill Does

Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Topic: Financial Institutions and Insurance Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

2026-01-13 New Jersey Legislature
Introduced, Referred to Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee

Official Summary Text

Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.
Topic:
Financial Institutions and Insurance
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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A236

ASSEMBLY, No. 236

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

�

PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman JOHN V. AZZARITI JR., M.D.

District 39 (Bergen)

SYNOPSIS

���� Prohibits insurers from raising medical malpractice
liability insurance premiums under certain circumstances.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

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

��

An Act

concerning medical malpractice liability
insurance and amending P.L.2004, c.17.

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

���� 1.��� Section 17 of P.L.2004,
c.17 (C.17:30D-22) is amended to read as follows:

���� 17.� Notwithstanding any other
law or regulation to the contrary, an insurer authorized to transact medical
malpractice liability insurance in this State shall not increase the premium of
any medical malpractice liability insurance policy based on a claim of medical
negligence or malpractice against the insured
[
if
the insured is dismissed from an action alleging medical malpractice within 180
days of the filing of the last responsive pleading
]

unless the claim results in a
medical malpractice claim settlement, judgment, or arbitration award against
the insured.� For the purposes of this section, �claim� means any demand
received by an insured seeking damages that results from a medical incident, or
an insured�s notice to the insurer of a specific professional services act or
omission that the insured reasonably believes may result in a demand for
damages
.

(cf: P.L.2004, c.17, s.17)

���� 2.��� This act shall take
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides that an
insurer shall not increase the premium of any medical malpractice liability
insurance policy based on a claim of medical negligence or malpractice against
an insured unless the claim, as defined in the bill, results in a medical
malpractice claim settlement, judgment, or arbitration award against the
insured.