Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.

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Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.

Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.

What This Bill Does

• Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
• Topic: 2nd Reading in the Senate Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Official Summary Text

Establishes additional health insurance carrier network adequacy standards with respect to certain physician specialists.
Topic:
2nd Reading in the Senate
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

S1032 SCM Statement 2/12/26

SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No.
1032

STATE
OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:
�FEBRUARY
12, 2026

����� The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably Senate
Bill No. 1032.

����� This
bill establishes additional network adequacy standards for health insurance
carriers that offer a managed care plan.� Current law requires regulations for
those carriers to include standards for the adequacy of the provider network
with respect to the scope and type of health care benefits provided by the
carrier, the geographic service area covered by the provider network, and
access to medical specialists.� This bill requires the Commissioner of Banking
and Insurance to adopt regulations to ensure that covered persons have
reasonable and timely access to physician specialists at in-network hospitals
and facilities, including anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists,
emergency medicine physicians, and services under their supervision.

����� This bill was pre-filed for introduction in the 2026-2027
session pending technical review.� As reported, the bill includes the changes
required by technical review, which has been performed.