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S4322 • 2026

Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.

Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.

Healthcare
Passed Legislature

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Sponsor
Amato, Carmen F., Jr.
Last action
2026-05-21
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.

Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.
  • Topic: Commerce Fiscal note: This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-05-21 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee

Official Summary Text

Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult with consumers.
Topic:
Commerce
Fiscal note:
This bill has not been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S4322

SENATE, No. 4322

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED MAY 21, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� CARMEN F. AMATO, JR.

District 9 (Ocean)

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires healthcare platforms to advise and consult
with consumers.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
concerning healthcare platforms and supplementing
P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-40 et seq.).

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

���� 1.��� a. In accordance with
the requirement to advise and consult as part of the practice of pharmacy
pursuant to section 2 of P.L.2003, c.280 (C.45:14-41), a healthcare platform
shall advise and consult
with a
consumer on the therapeutic values, content, hazards and uses of drugs,
biologicals and devices sent to the consumer by the platform.

���� b.��� Advising and consulting may
occur through electronic means, including, but not limited to, electronic mail,
text messaging, and video call.

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

STATEMENT

���� This bill requires a
healthcare platform to follow current statutory requirements for the practice
of pharmacy and advise and consult
with
a consumer on the therapeutic values, content, hazards and uses of drugs,
biologicals and devices sent to the consumer by the platform.
� Advising
and consulting may occur through electronic means, including, but not limited
to, electronic mail, text messaging, and video call.�
�Healthcare platform� is defined in current law to mean an
Internet-based service through which a consumer, who may or may not have
separate health insurance coverage, may set-up an account or become a member to
obtain discounts on prescription or non-prescription drugs or devices and
through which other services, including telemedicine, may be provided.�