{"data":{"id":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17b-27a-19.12","jurisdiction":"us-nj","citation":"N.J. Stat. § 17B:27A-19.12","heading":"Small employer health benefits plan to offer coverage for domestic partner.","body":"54.\tEvery small employer health benefits plan that provides hospital or medical expense benefits and is delivered, issued, executed or renewed in this State pursuant to P.L.1992, c.162 (C.17B:27A-17 et seq.), or approved for issuance or renewal in this State on or after the effective date of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-1 et al.), under which dependent coverage is available, shall offer dependent coverage to a covered person for a covered person's domestic partner.  For the purposes of this section, \"domestic partner\" means a domestic partner as defined in section 3 of P.L.2003, c.246 (C.26:8A-3).\nThe provisions of this section shall apply to all policies or contracts in which the carrier has reserved the right to change the premium.\nL.2003,c.246,s.54.","path":["TITLE 17B INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/statutes/STATUTES-TEXT.zip","current_through":"P.L.2025, c.405, and J.R.22","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T17:54:13Z","sha256":"be43ac426bb3f2a16cc789a9babb72f25ed1de7de3b8a2a3e962bd596fbad513","source_id":"us-nj","stale":true,"prev":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17b-27a-19.11","next":"us-nj/n.j.-stat.-17b-27a-19.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}