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S3220 • 2026

Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.

Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Turner, Shirley K.
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee
Effective date
Not listed

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Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.

Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.

What This Bill Does

  • Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
  • Topic: Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee

Official Summary Text

Establishes "Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund" and tax on opioid drugs.
Topic:
Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3220

SENATE, No. 3220

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 2, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� SHIRLEY K. TURNER

District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer)

SYNOPSIS

���� Establishes �Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation
Program Fund� and tax on opioid drugs.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act

establishing the �Opioid Prevention and
Rehabilitation Program Fund,� imposing a tax on opioid drugs, and supplementing
Title 24 of the Revised Statutes.

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

���� 1.��� There is imposed on a
wholesale distributor of drugs a tax on the first distribution in the State of
a drug containing an active opioid ingredient, at the rate of one cent ($0.01)
per milligram of active opioid ingredient.� This tax shall be governed by the
provisions of the State Uniform Tax Procedure Law, R.S.54:48-1 et seq.� As used
in this section, �distribution,� �drug,� and �wholesale distributor� have the
same meanings as those terms are defined in section 5 of P.L.2005, c.206
(C.24:6B-14).

���� 2.��� There is created in the
Department of the Treasury a special nonlapsing fund to be known as the �Opioid
Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund.�� The State Treasurer shall deposit
amounts collected from the tax imposed pursuant to section 1 of P.L.��� , c.���
(C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill) in the �Opioid
Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund.�� The Legislature shall annually
appropriate all monies in the fund to the Department of Human Services for the
support of programs that provide treatment for substance use disorders to
individuals who are uninsured, underinsured, or enrolled in the Medicaid
program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).�

���� 3.��� This act shall take
effect immediately and shall apply to wholesale distributions of opioid drugs
made on or after the first day of the second calendar quarter next following
the date of enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill establishes the
�Opioid Prevention and Rehabilitation Program Fund,� which would support
programs that provide treatment for individuals who are uninsured,
underinsured, or enrolled in the Medicaid program.� The fund would be supported
by a tax on the first wholesale distribution of an opioid drug in this State at
the rate of one cent per milligram of active opioid ingredient.�

���� As used in the bill,
�distribution,� �drug,� and �wholesale distributor� have the same definitions
as the current law providing for the licensure of pharmaceutical wholesale
distributors.