[brief] A.  The Legislature Failed to Submit the Bills to the Mandated Benefits Review Commission as Required By Law.  N.J.S.A. 17B:27D-6 requires that prior to consideration of a law modifying health care benefits the Mandated Benefits Review Commission must conduct an analysis.  The statute mandates:  It shall be the duty of the commission to review any bill introduced in either House of the Legislature that would require a carrier to provide a mandated health benefit, as provided in this section.  a.  Whenever a bill containing a mandated health benefit is introduced in the Legislature, the chairman of the standing reference committee to which the bill has been referred in the House in which it was introduced shall, upon introduction of the bill, request the commission to prepare a written report that assesses the social and financial effects and the medical efficacy of the proposed mandated health benefit.  ...  c.  The House or standing reference committee, as applicable, shall not consider or vote upon the bill until either: (1) the commission completes its review and provides its comments and recommendations in writing to the prime sponsor, committee chairman and presiding officer of the House in which the bill is pending, or (2) the 90th or 60th day, as applicable, after the date the review is requested, if no extension was granted, or the designated day for the end of the extension period, whichever is later...  Id.  That analysis or reporting, outlined above, never occurred in this case.  Moreover, the [...] has not provided any evidence that this statutory mandate was followed or that the mandate obtaining a fiscal estimate was timely obtained.  The statutory requirement applies to L. 2021, c. 375 (N.J.S.A. 26:2S-89), because its language directly references the commission:  Upon concluding a study and issuing a report to the Governor and the Legislature demonstrating that such a regulation is necessary, the Department of Banking and Insurance may, through regulation adopted pursuant to the “Administrative Procedure Act”, P.L.1968 c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), provide that health benefit plans delivered, issued, executed, or renewed in this State, provide coverage for abortion.  Id.  As such, the legislation needed to be reviewed by the Commission.  Applicants-Petitioners served an Open Public Records Act requests on the government agencies responsible for the Mandated Benefits Review Commission.  (Pa364.)  The [...] responded that no such records exist.  Id.  Given that N.J.S.A. 17B:27D-6 requires that prior to consideration of a law modifying health care benefits the Mandated Benefits Review Commission must conduct an analysis, the absence of records from the Commission is determinative that a review never occurred in contravention of N.J.S.A. 17B:27D-6.  Additionally, after having been granted an extension, they sent an Open Public Records Act request to the [...] (Pa365-75.)  The Department of Banking and Insurance responded on December 14, 2023, denying the requests as “No records responsive to this request are made, maintained, recorded, or on file with the Department of Banking and Insurance. ”  Id.  The statute at issue necessarily deals with mandated health benefits.  N.J.S.A. 26:2S-89.  Because the Legislature did not follow the statute that required all bills that impact state-mandated health benefits to be reviewed by the Mandated Benefits Review Commission, the statute should be voided similar to the relief granted in Miller, supra.