A3745

New Jersey A3745 mandates health insurance and Medicaid coverage for stuttering treatment, including habilitative and rehabilitative speech therapy.

New Jersey A3745 requires health insurance and Medicaid to cover medical expenses for stuttering treatment. This includes habilitative speech therapy, which helps maintain or improve daily living skills, and rehabilitative speech therapy, which aids in restoring lost or impaired skills. The bill applies to various health insurance plans and Medicaid, ensuring coverage whether services are delivered in-person or through telemedicine or telehealth. The treatment's medical necessity or neurogenic or developmental nature is determined by the patient's doctor.