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Senate Commerce Committee Statement — Senate Bill No. 2089 (New Jersey, May 13, 2021)

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Senate Commerce Committee statement dated May 13, 2021, on Senate Bill No. 2089, which the committee reports favorably and with committee amendments. As amended, the bill prohibits an insurer from charging a fee for tangible printed or paper bills or notices for an insurance policy, and prohibits the State Health Benefits Commission and School Employees' Health Benefits Commission from charging such a fee to program members. The committee amended the bill to clarify that nothing in it prohibits an insurer from offering a discount, credit, or other incentive to an insured for selecting a specific billing, payment, or notification option. As amended and reported, the bill is identical to Assembly Bill No. 3605 (1R).

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                     STATEMENT TO

                   SENATE, No. 2089
                    with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                       DATED: MAY 13, 2021

    The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2089.
    As amended, this bill prohibits any insurer from charging a fee to
furnish tangible printed or paper bills or notices, with respect to any
insurance policy, to an insured or other owner of that policy.
Insurance policies referred to under the bill include automobile
insurance policies, homeowners policies, and individual life and health
insurance policies. In addition, the bill prohibits the State Health
Benefits Commission and School Employees’ Health Benefits
Commission from charging a fee to furnish tangible printed or paper
bills or notices to any member of the State Health Benefits Program or
the School Employees’ Health Benefits Program.
    This bill ensures that an insured, or other owner of the policy, will
not be charged an additional fee if the insured or other owner of the
policy elects to receive tangible printed or paper bills or notices in
place of digital access to the same. The bill does not prohibit an insurer
from offering a discount, credit, or other incentive to an insured for
selecting a specific billing, payment, or notification option.
    As amended and reported, this bill is identical to Assembly Bill
No. 3605 (1R) as also reported by the committee.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to clarify that nothing in the bill
prohibits an insurer from offering a discount, credit, or other incentive
to an insured for selecting a specific billing, payment, or notification
option.

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