Creates Health Care Cost Containment Commission; appropriates $5 million.

S 3571 establishes a Health Care Cost Containment Commission within New Jersey's Department of Health, funded with up to $5 million from the General Fund. The Commission will analyze health care spending trends, set a benchmark for cost growth that hospitals and providers can charge, and identify facilities or insurers exceeding this benchmark. It must develop annual reports with data, benchmarks, and policy recommendations to reduce health care cost growth while promoting affordability and access to quality care. The bill directly affects health care facilities, insurers, and the Department of Health through new data analysis and reporting requirements.