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Senate Commerce Committee Statement — Senate Bill No. 1032 (New Jersey, February 12, 2026)

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This is the Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate, No. 1032, State of New Jersey, dated February 12, 2026. The statement says the committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 1032. The bill establishes additional network adequacy standards for health insurance carriers that offer a managed care plan. It requires the Commissioner of Banking and Insurance to adopt regulations so that covered persons have reasonable and timely access to physician specialists at in-network hospitals and facilities, including anesthesiologists, radiologists, pathologists and emergency medicine physicians. The statement adds that the bill was pre-filed for the 2026-2027 session pending technical review.

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     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.

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