Archived Bills: 2011-2012 Session
This section shows bills that CCUIH has previously tracked in the 2011-2012 session and are either dead or have been chaptered into law.
Children's Issues
AB 12: Assemblymember Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland)
Abolition of Child Commerce, Exploitation and Sexual Slavery Act of 2011
Summary (as Amended 5/09/2011): Creates an additional fine of up to $25,000 ($92,603 with penalty assessments) for any person convicted of procurement of a minor, under the age of 18, for the purposes of engaging in prostitution. Specifies that the fine shall be available to fund programs and services for commercially sexually exploited minors in the counties where the offenses are committed.
Last Action Date: 7/11/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 395: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Newborn screening program
Summary (as Amended 5/27/2011): This bill adds Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID) to the list of genetic diseases screened for in California's Newborn Screening (NBS) Program.
Last Action Date: 10/4/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 461, Statutes of 2011
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 499: Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
Minors: medical care: consent
Summary (as Introduced 2/15/2011): Permits a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease. Makes a technical, conforming change to existing law.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 652, Statutes of 2011
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 652: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Child Health
Summary (as Amended 5/10/2011): This bill requires health insurers and health plans to cover initial health assessments of children in out of home placements and forensic medical evaluations when requested by child welfare agencies.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 660: Assemblymember Isadore Hall (D-Compton)
Children's Health
Summary (as Introduced 2/16/2011): This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that address chronic health issues facing children.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died at desk.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 669: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Sweetened Beverage Tax
Summary (as Amended 4/07/2011): Enacts the Sweetened Beverage Tax Law, which would impose a tax of $0.01 per fluid ounce on "bottled sweetened beverages."
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 888: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Pupil health: School Medication Authorization Task Force
Summary (as Amended 3/31/2011): This bill would establish the School Medication Authorization Task Force, consisting of 10 members who would be appointed by, and serve by the pleasure of, the Superintendent of Public Instruction. The bill would require the task force to provide specified advice regarding the administration of emergency medication to a pupil on a school campus and establish training and supervision standards regarding the administration of medical care in a school setting. The bill would require the task force to follow prescribed procedures relating to its operation.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1348: Assemblymember Allan Mansoor (R-Costa Mesa)
Pupils: parental consent
Summary (as Amended 3/24/2011): Prohibits pupils from receiving sex education or taking any surveys about gender or sexual orientation without parental consent; prohibits districts from excusing students from school without parental consent; and, prohibits any mental or psychological screening of a pupil without parental consent.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1368: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Pupils: California Healthy Kids Survey
Summary (as Amended 5/03/2011): This bill codifies the Healthy Kids Survey (CHKS) which is intended to collect data on pupil perceptions of school climate, school safety and pupil healthy.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 486: Senator Bill Dutton (R-Rancho Cucamonga)
California Children and Families Program: Funding
Summary (as Introduced 4/13/2011): Eliminates existing allocations of Proposition 10 tobacco tax revenues to both state and county commissions and instead uses those funds to backfill the General Fund for the Healthy Families and Medi-Cal programs.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Clinician's Issues
AB 507: Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward)
Pain management
Summary (as Amended 8/16/2011): Makes technical and conforming changes to existing law related to severe chronic intractable pain and to the California Intractable Pain Treatment Act (CIPT Act). Repeals provisions in existing law which permits the Department of Justice (DOJ) to employ a physician to interview and examine any patient in connection with the prescription possession or use of a controlled substance, required the patient to submit to the interview and examination, and permits the physician to testify in prescribed administrative proceedings.
Last Action Date: 10/02/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statues of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 589: Assemblymember Henry Perea (D-Fresno)
Medical School Scholarships
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill establishes the Steven M. Thompson Medical School Scholarship Program (Program) to promote the education of medical doctors and doctors of osteopathy, as specified.
Last Action Date: 9/17/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 339, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 824: Assemblymember Wes Chesbro (D-North Coast)
Rural Hospitals: Physician Services
Summary (as Amended 3/31/2011): This bill establishes a pilot project to permit certain rural hospitals to directly employ physicians and surgeons (physicians).
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 926: Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward)
Physicians and surgeons: direct employment
Summary (as Amended 4/27/2011): This bill would require the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the Medical Board of California, to report to the Legislature by June 1, 2020, with regard to the efficacy of the employment of physicians and surgeons by health care districts, as specified.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1127: Assemblymember Julia Brownley (D-Santa Monica)
Physicians and surgeons: unprofessional conduct
Summary (as Amended 4/4/2011): Make it unprofessional conduct for a physician and surgeon who is the subject of an investigation by the Medical Board of California (MBC) to repeatedly fail, in the absence of good cause, to attend and participate in an interview scheduled by the mutual agreement of the physician and surgeon and the MBC. .
Last Action Date: 7/25/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 115, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1267: Assemblymember Linda Halderman (R-Fresno)
Physicians and surgeons: certificate
Summary (as Amended 6/30/2011): Requires a physician and surgeon's certificate to be automatically placed on inactive status during any period of time that the certificate holder is incarcerated after conviction of a misdemeanor, and requires the reason for this inactive status to be disclosed on the Internet website of the Medical Board of California (MBC). Also requires a certificate placed on inactive status pursuant to this bill to be returned by the MBC to its prior or appropriate status within five business days of receiving notice, as specified by the MBC via regulations, that the physician and surgeon is no longer incarcerated.
Last Action Date: 8/3/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 169, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1360: Assemblymember Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland)
Physicians and surgeons: Employment
Summary (as Introduced 2/18/2011): Permits, until December 31, 2022, a health care district (district) to employ physicians and surgeons (physicians) and charge for their professional services.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1533: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Medicine: trainees: international medical graduates
Summary (as Amended 3/21/2012): This bill allows the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) medical school to, until 2019, provide hands-on clinical training to international medical graduates (IMGs) who are otherwise not allowed to engage in patient care activities.
Last Action Date: 7/13/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 109, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1621: Assemblymember Linda Halderman (R-Fresno)
Physicians and surgeons: prostate cancer
Summary (as Amended 6/28/2012): This bill deletes the requirement that a certified nurse-midwife and nurse practitioner must complete six months of physician and surgeon supervised experience in the furnishing or ordering of drugs or devices, and provide that a physician and surgeon may determine the extent of supervision necessary in the furnishing or ordering of drugs and devices.
Last Action Date: 7/10/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 76, Statutes of 2012
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1785: Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
Medi-Cal: federally qualified health centers: rural health clinics
Summary (as Introduced 2/21/2012): This bill adds marriage and family therapists (MFTs) to the list of health care professionals whose services are reimburses through Medi-Cal on a per-visit basis to federally qualified health centers (FQHCs) or rural health clinics (RHCs).
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1524: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Nurse practitioners
Summary (as Amended 6/28/2012): This bill would delete the requirement for at least 6 months duration of supervised experience. The bill would authorize a physician and surgeon to determine the extent of the supervision in connection with the furnishing or ordering of drugs and devices by a nurse practitioner or certified nurse-midwife.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 796, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Dental Issues
AB 437: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
State Department of Public Health: dental program
Summary (as Introduced 2/14/2011): This bill would delete the requirement that the licensed dentist appointed to administer the State Department of Public Health dental program be licensed in California.
Last Action Date: 2/2/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1579: Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose)
Dental Coverage: noncontracting providers: assignment of benefits
Summary (as Amended 4/23/2012): Requires a health care service plan (health plan) or health insurer (collectively insurers) to pay a noncontracting dental provider directly for covered services after submitting a written "assignment of benefits" signed by an enrollee or insured.
Last Action Date: 6/13/2012
Action Taken: In Senate Committee on Health. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at request of author.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 694: Senator Alex Padilla (D-San Fernando Valley)
Dental Care
Summary (as Amended 8/06/2012): This bill contingent on a declaration by the Department of Finance that sufficient funds are available, creates a Statewide Office of Oral Health (Office) within the Department of Public Health (DPH), defines the Office's duties, and authorizes the Office to oversee a large study assessing the ability of midlevel dental practitioners to perform specified additional procedures.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Education Issues
AB 760: Assemblymember Richard Gordon (D-Menlo Park)
Healthy Start Community Schools Act
Summary (as Amended 4/4/2011): This bill renames the Healthy Start Support Services for Children Act the Healthy Start Community Schools Act (HS program), and makes the following changes to the program.
- Increases the number of grants awarded to local education agencies (LEAs) or consortia from two to three.
- Requires operational grant funds to be limited to coordination activities either at the site or at the community or district level.
- Authorizes supplemental funds to be awarded for direct service to an LEA or consortium to address a specific and serious service gap. This bill further requires this request to include a plan for evaluating the impact of the service and for paying for the service once the grant has ended.
- Repeals the provision that specifies no more than 50% of operational grants to be available for expenditure on direct services, as specified.
- Modifies the grant application by requiring applicants to include a specific explanation of how any Medi-Cal administrative activities may be reinvested into the program.
- Requires the evaluation of HS program to include information regarding improvements in average daily attendance as well as individual attendance for pupils who have directly benefited from program services.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 909: Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas)
Pupil nutrition: Farm to School Program
Summary (as Introduced 2/23/2012): This bill establishes the Farm to School (FS) program, which authorizes a school district to receive an additional $0.05 per meal served if 80% of the district's expenditure for fresh produce in the school meal program is derived from California produce.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2109: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Communicable disease: immunization exemption
Summary (as Amended 8/20/2012): This bill requires, after July 1, 2014, a separate form prescribed by the Department of Public Health (DPH) to accompany a letter or affidavit to exempt a child from immunization requirements under existing law on the basis that immunization is contrary to beliefs of the child's parent or guardian.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 821, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 394: Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D-Concord)
Healthy Schools Act of 2011
Summary (as Amended 5/9/2011): This bill mandates that schools send at least one person, at least every three years, to integrated pest management training conducted by the Department of Pesticide Regulation.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2011
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Facilities Issues
Health Facilities: security plans
Summary (as Amended 3/14/2011): This bill expands existing hospital safety and security standards with respect to prevention of violence against health care personnel.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 272: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Health care facilities: financing
Summary (as Amended 1/25/2012): This bill permits the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to award one or more grants, as specified, to one or more projects designed to demonstrate specified new or cost-effective methods of delivering health care services to improve access to quality health care for vulnerable populations or communities that are effective at enhancing health outcomes, and improving access to quality health care.
Last Action Date: 7/05/2012
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Public Health: Medical Waste
Summary (as Amended 7/07/2011): Deletes the requirement in existing law that requires a specified extremely high heat technology (plasma arc technology) to be used on medical waste, biohazardous waste, and sharps waste in order for it to be consolidated into a common container, in effect permitting that waste be incinerated in common containers. Permits that common container to be reusable.
Last Action Date: 9/6/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 222, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 774: Assemblymember Nora Campos (D-San Jose)
Health Facilities: licensure
Summary (as Amended 4/12/2011): Expands authority, already provided to the Department of Public Health (DPH) and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) under existing law, to all other state departments to grant a request for an extension of a professional waiver of licensure based on extenuating circumstances to marriage and family therapists (MFTs) and clinical social workers (CSWs), who are gaining qualifying experience in those professions in this state.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2011
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2214: Assemblymember William Monning (D-Carmel)
Health workforce development
Summary (as Amended 8/06/2012): This bill requires certain licensed professionals in the healthcare industry to report to the Department of Public Health on their practice status, ethnic background, and language skills. The bill also establishes the Health Workforce Development Council in statute and requires the Council to undertake specified activities.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: In committee: held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1250: Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose)
Medical records: confidentiality
Summary (as Amended 5/15/2012): This bill would amend the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA) to require a health care provider, health care service plan, or contractor, if there is a breach in the security of a patient's personal or financial information, as specified, and that provider, plan, or contractor is required to issue a breach notification, to offer in the breach notification one year of free credit monitoring services to the patient.
Last Action Date: 5/24/2012
Action Taken: Held in committee and under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Indian Issues
AB 742: Assemblymember Brian Nestande (R-Palm Desert)
Tribal gaming: local agencies
Summary (as Amended 8/16/2011): This bill, would prohibit a lead agency with jurisdiction over a proposed aggregate mining operation from approving a reclamation plan of a mining operation from approving a reclamation plan of a mining operation that is proposed to be constructed within specified distances of a Native American sacred site or an aquifier that is hydrologically connected to the Santa Margarita River without the consent of the tribe whose reservation is nearest the proposed operation.
The purpose of this bill is to prohibit a single mining operation that is proposed in Riverside County at a location that the Pechanga Tribe of the Luiseno Peoples considers its most important sacred place, the place considered to be the Place of Creation.
Last Action Date: 8/23/2011
Action Taken: Re-referred to the Senate Committee on Rules
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 968: Assemblymember Wes Chesbro (D-North Coast)
California Indian Tribes: State Agencies
Summary (as Amended 1/4/2012): This bill would establish the position of Native American Advisor on Tribal Issues in the Governor's office, to be a member of a federally recognized California Indian tribe. It would require the advisor to serve as a resource to the Governor and state agencies on issues affecting California Indian tribes and be an advocate on behalf of all California Indian tribes, regardless of whether a tribe qualifies as a federally recognized California Indian tribe.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1020: Assemblymember Wes Chesbro (D-North Coast)
Tribal Gaming: Compact Ratification
Summary (as Amended 5/05/2011): Ratifies a new tribal-state gaming compact entered into between the State of California and the Habematolei Pomo of Upper Lake Tribe, executed on March 17, 2011.
Last Action Date: 6/13/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 27, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1896: Assemblymember Wes Chesbro (D-North Coast)
Tribal health programs: health care practitioners
Summary (as Amended 3/27/2012): Exempts from California licensure all health care practitioners employed by a tribal health program as long as they are licensed in another state.
Last Action Date: 7/13/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 119, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2092: Assemblymember Wes Chesbro (D-North Coast)
Economic development: federally recognized Indian tribes
Summary (as Amended 5/10/2012): Requires all state agencies to adopt a policy by January 1, 2012 to consult with federally recognized California Indian tribes prior to an agency's development of regulation, policies, rules, plans or other actions that will significantly affect a tribal community.
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2204: Assemblymember Roger Hernandez (D-San Gabriel Valley)
Health Equity Index
Summary (as Amended 4/17/2012): This bill would require the State Department of Public Health to develop and utilize a health equity tool as part of the department's process for making evidence based decisions regarding goals and objectives in the department's strategic plan. The bill would require the tool to reflect all available data and trends to enable the department to assess the basic needs of individuals, the quality and sustainability of the environment, adequate levels of economic and social development, health and social equity, and social relationships.
Last Action Date: 4/23/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Health. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2646: Assemblymember Mike Gatto (D-Los Angeles)
Credit Unions: Branch Offices: Indian Reservations
Summary (as Amended 3/29/2012): This bill would authorize a state-certified credit union with the approval of the appropriate tribal government to operate a branch office on an Indian reservation.
Last Action Date: 4/16/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Banking and Finance. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2695: Committee on Governmental Organization
Tribal Gaming
Summary (as Introduced 3/15/2012): Repeals and renumbers sections of the Government Code related to Indian gaming into one stand-alone Title in the Government Code. Makes other technical non-substantive changes.
Last Action Date: 8/30/2012
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file pursuant to Senate Rule 29. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Dutton.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
ACR 72: Assemblymember Luis Alejo (D-Salinas)
Native American Heritage Month
Summary (as Amended 3/31/2011): This resolution recognizes November 2011, as Native American Heritage Month, encourages Californians to participate in appropriate observances that celebrate and commemoriate Native Americans as a symbol of hope and courage to all citizens, and applauds and encourages the observance of California Indian nations for their contributions to this great state.
Last Action Date: 9/28/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 111, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 374: Senator Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks)
Gambling Control: Key Employee Licenses
Summary (as Introduced 2/15/2011): This bill authorizes a key employee in a gambling establishment with a valid portable license to work as a key employee in any key employee position in more than one gambling establishment.
Last Action Date: 9/6/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 263, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Insurance Issues
AB 52: Assemblymember Mike Feuer (D-Los Angeles)
Health care coverage: rate approval
Summary (as Amended 6/1/2011): This bill prohibits health care service plans and health insurers from implementing a rate for a new product or instituting a rate change unless it submits an application to the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) or the Department of Insurance and the application is approved. The Director of DMHC and the Insurance Commissioner would have the authority to approve, deny or modify any proposed rate or rate change.
Last Action Date: 9/1/2011
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Leno.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 53: Assemblymember Jose Solorio (D-Santa Ana)
Insurers: procurement contracts: minority, women, and disabled veteran business enterprises
Summary (as Amended 8/13/2012): This bill, until January 1, 2019, requires major California insurers to submit an annual report to the Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner) regarding the implementation of their efforts to increase procurement from women, minority, and disabled veteran business enterprises (WMDVBEs).
Last Action Date: 9/21/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 414, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 72: Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park)
Health Care Coverage: Acupuncture
Summary (as Amended 4/04/2011): This bill requires group health plan contracts and group health insurance policies, including health policies provided to public employees, to provide required coverage of services provided by acupuncturists.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 137: Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge)
Health Care Coverage: Mammographies
Summary (as Amended 8/22/2012): This bill requires every individual or group policy of health insurance to provide coverage for mammography, for screening or diagnostic purposes, upon the referral by a participating nurse practitioner, participating certified nurse-midwife, participating physician assistant, or participating physician, as specified, based on medical need regardless of age. .
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 436, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 154: Assemblymember Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
Health Care Coverage: Mental Health Services
Summary (as Amended 1/23/2012): Requires health plans and health insurers to cover the diagnosis and medically necessary treatment of a mental illness, as defined, of a person of any age, with specified exceptions, and not limited to coverage for severe mental illness (SMI) as in existing law.
Last Action Date: 6/27/2012
Action Taken: In Senate Committee on Health. Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 369: Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael)
Health Care Coverage: Prescription Drugs
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012) This bill prohibits health plans and health insurers that restrict medications for the treatment of pain from requiring a patient to try and fail on more than two pain medications before allowing the patient access to the pain medication, or generically equivalent drug, prescribed by the provider.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 428: Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-Pasadena)
Health Care Coverage: Fertility Preservation
Summary (as Amended 4/27/2011): This bill requires health plan contracts and health insurance policies to cover fertility preservation services when fertility may be lost due to a medical intervention.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 608: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Health Care Coverage: Telemedicine
Summary (as Introduced 2/16/2011): This bill declares the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to telemedicine. Existing law defines telemedicine as the practice of health care delivery, diagnosis, consultation, treatment, transfer of medical data and education using interactive audio, video or data communications.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died at desk.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 714: Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
California Health Benefit Exchange
Summary (as Amended 6/30/2011): This bill would require notices of health care eligibility be sent to individuals who are enrolled in, or who cease to be enrolled in, publicly-funded state health care programs.
Last Action Date: 8/25/2011
Action Taken: In committee. Held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 792: Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord)
Health care coverage: California Health Benefit Exchange
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill establishes notification requirements about the availability of reduced-cost coverage available in the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) and no-cost coverage available in Medi-Cal to an individual filing a dissolution or nullity of marriage, divorce, or separation, or petitioning for adoption or for an individual who ceases to be enrolled in health coverage through a health plan or health insurer.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 1000: Assemblymember Henry Perea (D-Fresno)
Health care coverage: Cancer treatment
Summary (as Amended 8/9/2012): This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2013, that provides coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment from requiring a higher copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for a prescribed, orally administered anticancer medication than the health care service plan or health insurer requires for an intravenously administered or injected cancer medication, as specified. The bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from being deemed to have complied with these provisions by increasing the copayment, deductible, or coinsurance amount for an intravenously administered or injected cancer chemotherapy agent. The bill would specify that its provisions do not apply to a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that does not provide outpatient prescription drug coverage or to a health care benefit plan, contract, or policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. The bill would also provide that no benefits are required to be provided under its provisions that exceed the essential health benefits that will be required under specified federal law.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information sitehere
AB 1083: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Health Care Coverage
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill reforms California's small group health insurance laws to enact the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). Eliminates pre-existing condition requirements and establishes premium rating factors based only on age, family size, and geographic regions, except for grandfathered plans. New guaranteed issue provisions and the rating provisions are tied to those provisions in the ACA. Should guaranteed issue and rating factors be repealed in the ACA, California's existing guaranteed issue and rating law pre-ACA would become operative.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 852, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1059: Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael)
Health Care Service Plans
Summary (as Introduced 2/18/2011): This bill requires the California Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to use specific administrative enforcement mechanisms when a health plan violates specified provisions of the Knox-Keene Act.
Last Action Date: 10/2/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 403, Statutes of 2011
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AB 1296: Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord)
Health Care Coverage
Summary (as Amended 9/1/2011): This bill enacts the Health Care Eligibility Reform, Enrollment and Retention Planning Act and requires, the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA), in consultation with the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), the California Office of Systems Integration, counties, health care services plans, consumer advocates, and other stakeholders to undertake a planning and development process regarding the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), including regulations or guidance related to eligibility, enrollment and retention in state health subsidy programs.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1461: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Individual health care coverage
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill reforms California's health insurance market for health care service plans (health plans) licensed by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) to implement requirements on health plans to guarantee health plan contracts without pre-existing condition requirements during initial, annual and special enrollment periods and limits the ability of health plans to base premium rates only on age, geography and family size, as specified, for individual products in the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) and the commercial market. Makes the enactment of this bill contingent upon the enactment of SB 961.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1526: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill allows the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) to further subsidize the premium contributions paid by individuals receiving coverage in the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) from January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 855, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1636: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Health and wellness programs
Summary (as Amended 6/25/2012): This bill requires the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC), in collaboration with other state departments, to convene a special committee to review and evaluate health and wellness incentive and rewards programs offered by health care service plans, health insurers, and employers. This bill would require the committee to evaluate these programs for effectiveness based upon scientific evidence and to examine the extent to which these programs may result in specified discrimination and would require the committee to discuss its findings in a final report submitted to the Assembly and Senate Committees on Health by March 30, 2014, as specified. The bill would require the committee to meet publicly and would require the first meeting to be conducted no later than March 30, 2013.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: In committee: held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1641: Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
Health care coverage: durable medical equipment
Summary (as Introduced 2/14/2012): This bill would require a health care service plan and health insurer to provide coverage for durable medical equipment, as defined, as part of their plan contracts of health insurance policies.
Last Action Date: 2/23/2012
Action Taken: Referred to Assembly Committee on Health.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1738: Assemblymember Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael)
Health care coverage: tobacco cessation
Summary (as Introduced 2/16/2012): This bill would require health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, renewed or delivered on or after January 1, 2013, to provide coverage for 2 courses of treatment in a 12 month period for tobacco cessation preventive services rated "A" or "B" by the United State Preventive Services Task Force, and would prohibit plans and insurers from charging a copayment, coinsurance or deductible for those services. The bill would also prohibit a plan or insurer from requiring enrollees or insureds to enter counseling in order to receive tobacco cessation medications or from imposing prior authorization or stepped-care requirements on tobacco cessation treatments.
Last Action Date: 4/23/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Health. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1742: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Health care coverage: payment for benefits
Summary (as Amended 3/19/2012): This bill requires all health care service plans and individual insurers (collectively referred to as issuers), except specialized health plans and insurers, to permit enrollees to assign benefits directly to health care providers for health care services in the same way that existing law requires such benefits for group issuers to be assigned to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) on behalf of beneficiaries of the Medi-Cal program.
Last Action Date: 4/24/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Health: Set, second hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
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AB 1761: Assemblymember John Perez (D-Los Angeles)
California Health Benefit Exchange
Summary (as Introduced 8/14/2012): This bill gives the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the Commissioner of the California Department of Insurance (CDI) enforcement authority over licensees (and solicitors) who hold themselves out as representing or providing services on behalf of the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) without a valid agreement. Makes holding oneself out as representing, constituting, or otherwise providing services on behalf of the Exchange without a valid agreement unfair competition.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 876, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1800: Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco)
Health Care Coverage
Summary (as Amended 8/6/2012): This bill requires a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy, except for a specialized health care service plan contract, to provide a limit on annual out-of-pocket expenses for certain covered benefits, except as specified, and would provide that this limit shall not exceed that federal limit. The bill would also provide, commencing January 1, 2014, that these provisions shall not be construed to affect the reduction in cost sharing for eligible insureds described in federal law.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: In committee: held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1846: Assemblymember Rich Gordon (D-Menlo Park)
Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs)
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill establishes a licensing framework at the California Department of Insurance (CDI) and the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) for Consumer Operated and Oriented Plans (CO-OPs), which may be established and seek funding under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 859, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1869: Assemblymember John Perez (D-Los Angeles)
Office of Patient Advocate: federal veterans health benefits
Summary (as Introduced 2/22/2012): This bill adds federal veterans health benefits to the list of public programs that the Office of Patient Advocate (OPA) will be required to include, commencing January 1, 2013, in its efforts to provide outreach and education about health care coverage options.
Last Action Date: 7/24/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2012.
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AB 1921: Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo)
Health insurance: transitional reinsurance program
Summary (as Amended 4/23/2012): This bill establishes a temporary California-specific transitional reinsurance program, a state-optional program defined in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) to lessen financial risk to insurers covering persons purchasing insurance in the individual market beginning in 2014.
Last Action Date: 6/27/2012
Action Taken: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2034: Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes (D-Sylmar)
Medical care: genetically handicapping conditions
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services to prepare a report on the coverage needs of the population served by the Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP) after implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148) (ACA). Specifies issues to be addressed in the report including the extent to which persons with genetic Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) will continue to have unmet medical needs.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2064: Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez (D-Coachella)
Immunizations for children: reimbursement for physicians
Summary (as Amended 4/30/2012): This bill requires health plans and insurers to reimburse physicians and physician groups for certain costs related to the administration of vaccines.
1) Requires health plans and insurers that cover child and adolescent vaccines to reimburse physicians/physician groups in an amount not less than the actual cost of acquiring the vaccine plus the cost of administering the vaccine.
2) Defines the vaccine acquisition cost as those standardized costs detailed on the most current Pediatric Vaccine Price List published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, plus shipping and handling costs.
3) Defines the vaccine administration cost as not less than the cost specified in the most current Medicare physician fee schedule.
4) With respect to vaccines that are not part of a contract between a physician/physician group and a health plan or insurer, strikes existing reimbursement requirements and applies the reimbursement provisions in (1-3) above.
5) Allows physicians and physician groups to assume financial risk for providing required immunizations, but prohibits a health plan or policy from requiring a physician or a physician group to accept financial risk or impose additional risk that would violate the reimbursement provisions in (1-3) above.
6) Exempts CalPERS plans from reimbursement provisions in (1-3) above.
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2152: Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park)
Health care coverage
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill would establishes notification requirements on preferred provider organizations (PPO) licensed at the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) and the California Department of Insurance (CDI) when the provider contract is terminated that affects 800 or more covered lives. Requires specified patient disclosure if the termination affects 2,000 or more covered lives. Establishes and revises other consumer notification and disclosure requirements on health insurers.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2206: Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
Medi-Cal: dual eligibles: pilot projects.
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): The bill authorizes disenrollment, regardless of any lock-in of a person who in any demonstration project established by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) for persons who are dually eligible for Medi-Cal and Medicare, becomes eligible for the Program for the All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) while enrolled in a managed care plan participating in the demonstration project and allows the person to enroll in a PACE plan. Requires managed care plans to identify, through required assessments, enrollees who are 55 years of age and older who are at risk of being placed in a nursing home and further requires the plan to notify the person of their potential eligibility for PACE.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 2350: Assemblymember William Monning (D-Carmel)
Health Care Coverage
Summary (as Amended 6/25/2012): This bill requires health care service plans and health insurers to annually, commencing on the date specified health plans are required to report certain information under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, provide specified information regarding their plan contracts or policies to the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance, as applicable, including claims payment policies and practices, periodic financial disclosures, and data on enrollment and disenrollment, as specified. The bill would authorize the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care and the Insurance Commissioner to adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement these provisions, as specified. The bill would also require the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to work with stakeholders to determine the form and manner or reporting the data according to these provisions and to avoid redundant reporting, and would authorize these departments to waive specified reporting requirements or modify the time frame or existing reporting requirements, as specified.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: In committee: held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 255: Senator Fran Pavley (D-Santa Monica)
Health Care Coverage: Breast Cancer
Summary (as Amended 8/6/2012): This bill clarifies and further specifies a current law mandate related to health care coverage of breast cancer treatment. Specifically, this bill:
1) Clarifies, for the purposes of defining mastectomy, that partial removal of a breast includes but is not limited to lumpectomy, which includes surgical removal of the tumor with clear margins.
2) Requires the determination of length of a hospital stay following a mastectomy or lymph node dissection, which current law requires a physician to make in consultation with a patient, to be made post-surgery.
3) Specific that its purpose is to clarify that the existing definition of mastectomy includes lumpectomy, and that is shall not be construed as establishing a new mandated benefit.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 449, Statutes of 2012.
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SB 615: Senator Ron Calderon (D-Montebello)
Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements: Benefits
Summary (as Amended 8/6/2012): This bill would, commencing January 1, 2014, prohibit a Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement (MEWA) from offering, marketing, representing, or selling any product, contract, or discount arrangement as minimum essential coverage or as compliant with the essential health benefits requirement under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, unless it meets the applicable requirements under that act.
Last Action Date: 9/7/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 266, Statutes of 2012.
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SB 690: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Health care coverage: discrimination
Summary (as Amended 6/18/2012): This bill would, beginning January 1, 2014, prohibit health care service plans and health insurers from discriminating against a provider who is acting within the scope of that provider's license or certification.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
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SB 703: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Health Care Coverage: Basic Health Program
Summary (as Amended 6/25/2012): This bill would establish in state government a Basic Health Program to be administered by the department. The bill would require the department to enter into a contract with the US Secretary of Health and Human Services to implement the Basic Health Program, and would set forth the powers and the duties of the department relative to determining eligibility for enrollment, setting premiums for coverage, and selecting participating health plans under the Basic Health Program, subject to requirements under federal law. The bill would require the department to permit enrollment in the Basic Health Program on January 1, 2014. The bill would create the Basic Health Program Trust Fund for those purposes and would make moneys in the fund subject to appropriation by the Legislature, except that if the annual Budget Act is not enacted by a certain date, the bill would authorize the department to transfer specified funds from the trust fund to health plans in order to comply with certain requirements, thereby making an appropriation. The bill would require the Basic Health Program to be funded by federal funds, private donations, premiums paid by eligible individuals, and other non-General Fund moneys available for that purpose. Nonwithstanding those provisions, the bill would authorize the department to obtain loans from the General Fund for initial start up expenses, to be repaid July 1, 2016, and would establish a procedure for continued coverage of individuals under the California Health Benefit Exchange if costs of the Basic Health Program exceed moneys available from specified sources. The bill would require the department to request an evaluation of the Basic Health Program and to seek funding for the evaluation from an unspecified independent nonprofit private foundation.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
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SB 728: Senator Gloria Negrete-McLeod (D-Chino)
Medi-Cal: durable medical equipment reimbursement
Summary (as Amended 6/25/2012): This bill revises a provision related to determining the maximum allowable reimbursement rate for durable medical equipment (DME) in the Medi-Cal program to use the manufacturer's suggested retail price (MSRP) as documented by a catalogue showing the price on or prior to the date of service (further reduced by a specified percentage) instead of the current requirement that it be determined by using a catalogue showing the price on June 1, 2006 as the base.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 451, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 810: Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)
Single-payer health care coverage
Summary (as Amended 1/23/2012): This bill creates the California Healthcare System (CHS), a single-payer health care system, administered by the California Healthcare Agency (CHA), the provide health insurance coverage to all California residents. Provides that the CHS and CHA would become operative when the Secretary of the California Health and Human Services Agency determines that sufficient revenues are available to implement the bill's provisions, or the Secretary obtains a specified federal waiver, whichever is later.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died on third reading.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 866: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Health care coverage: prescription drugs
Summary (as Amended 8/26/2011): This bill requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to jointly develop a uniform prior authorization form for use on and after January 1, 2013, or six months after the form is developed, that health plans and insurers must accept when prescribing providers seek authorization for prescription drug benefits.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 648, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 951: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Health care coverage: essential health benefits
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill establishes in the Insurance Code the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Small Group Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) 30 plan contract as California's Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 866, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 961: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Individual health care coverage.
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill reforms California's health insurance market for individual purchasers and implements provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) prohibiting pre-existing condition exclusions, requiring guaranteed issuance of products, establishing statewide open and special enrollment periods, and limiting premium rating factors to age, geography and family size.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 970: Senator Kevin De Leon (D-Los Angeles)
Health Care Reform Eligibility, Enrollment and Retention Planning Act: coordination with other programs
Summary (as Amended 8/20/2012): This bill authorizes, upon consent of the applicant, information provided for the single state application for health subsidy programs to be used to meet requirements for new or continued eligibility in the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and CalFresh programs.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1313: Senator Ted Lieu (D-Torrance)
Health care coverage
Summary (as Amended 5/02/2012): This bill would impose a variety of new requirements on health plans and health insurers, relating to their marketing efforts.
Last Action Date: 5/24/2012
Action Taken: Held in committee and under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1320: Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach)
Direct primary care practices
Summary (as Amended 3/28/2012): This bill defines a "retainer practice" as a person who is licensed to practice medicine and contracts with patients to provide primary care services, as defined at least in part based on a periodic fee and prohibits a retainer practice from being subject to regulation as a health care service plan (health plan) by the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) or as a health insurer by the California Department of Insurance (CDI).
Last Action Date: 5/30/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
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SB 1321: Senator Tom Harman (R-Huntington Beach)
Essential Health Benefits
Summary (as Amended 5/30/2012): This bill requires the California Health Benefit Exchange board (Exchange Board), if any part of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) is amended, invalidated or repealed, to report to the Legislature regarding the impact on the Exchange of the ACA sections amended, invalidated, or repealed, and to provide the Legislature with a plan on how the Exchange will operate given ACA sections amended, invalidated, or repealed. Requires the Exchange Board to halt all work related to implementing the exchange if it does not provide the Legislature with the report within 90 days of the amendement, invalidation, or repeal of any section of the ACA.
Last Action Date: 6/25/2012
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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SB 1373: Senator Ted Lieu (D-Redondo Beach)
Essential Health Benefits
Summary (as Amended 4/18/2012): This bill requires hospitals to provide an enrollee or insured, who seeks services at a hospital for an elective or scheduled procedure, a notice with specified information. Requires a plan to either refer the enrollee or subscriber to a contracting provider or authorize the person to obtain services from a noncontracting provider.
Last Action Date: 5/30/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
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SB 1431: Senator Kevin deLeon (D-Los Angeles)
Stop-Loss Insurance Coverage
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill sets the stop-loss insurance attachment point for small employers on policies issued on or after January 1, 2012, at $45,000 for individuals and the greater of $15,000 times the total number of covered employees and dependents, 130% of expected claims, or $60,000.
Last Action Date: 8/28/2012
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file on request of Assemblymember Charles Calderon.
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ACA 24: Assemblymember Tim Donnelly (R-San Bernardino)
Essential Health Benefits
Summary (as Introduced 2/24/2012): Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act, beginning in 2014, requires most individuals to maintain minimum essential health care coverage or pay a penalty. This measure would amend the California Constitution to prohibit a federal, state, or local law or rule from compelling a person or business to participate in a health care system, as defined; imposing penalties or fines, for failure to maintain coverage; or prohibiting the sale or purchase of health care or health insurance, subject to specified exceptions.
Last Action Date: 02/27/2012
Action Taken: Read first time.
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Labor Issues
AB 59: Assemblymember Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland)
Family and Medical Leave
Summary (as Introduced 12/07/2011): This bill amends the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) by expanding permissible family and medical leave to cover care for an independent adult child, sibling, grandparent, domestic partner, or parent in law with a serious health condition.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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AB 400: Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco)
Employment: paid sick days
Summary (as Introduced 2/14/2011): This bill requires employees, who meet certain criteria, to be paid sick days, as specified.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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AB 2039: Assemblymember Sandre Swanson (D-Oakland)
Family and Medical Leave
Summary (as Introduced 2/23/2012): This bill amends the California Family Rights Act (CFRA) by expanding permissible family and medical leave to cover care for an independent adult child, sibling, grandparent, grandchild, domestic partner, or parent-in-law with a serious health condition.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: In committee: held under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 635: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Health care: workforce training
Summary (as Amended 5/31/2012): This bill, upon a finding by the Department of Finance that the Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) is inoperative, halts transfers of specified revenues from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the MRMIP program, and instead transfers the funds to a newly created Song-Brown Program Account, which supports training for health care professionals.
This bill also specifies the funds are to be used upon appropriation by the Legislature for workforce development purposes specified in the Song-Brown Health Care Workforce Training Act.
Last Action Date: 8/16/2012
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Held in committee and under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 743: Senator Bill Emmerson (R-Hemet)
Medical Providers Interim Payment Fund
Summary (as Amended 3/30/2011): This bill would increase the General Fund loan amount and the corresponding Federal Funds (FFP) appropriation the Controller must transfer to the continuously appropriate Medical Providers Interim Payment (MPIP) Fund if there is a late state budget from $1 billion General Fund and $1 billion FFP to $2 billion General Fund and $2 billion FFP. These funds would reimburse health care providers for services provided on or after July 1 in a year where there is a late state budget.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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SB 1318: Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis)
Health facilities: influenza vaccinations
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill requires licensed clinics and licensed health care facilities to institute measures designed to maximize influenza vaccination rates and to prevent persons with privileges on the medical staff and onsite health care workers affiliated with the clinics or health care facilities from contracting, and transmitting to patients, the influenza virus.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
LGBT Issues
AB 673: Assemblymember John Perez (D-Los Angeles)
Office of Multicultural Health: LGBT Communities
Summary (as Amended 6/01/2011): Requires the Office of Multicultural Health (OMH) to perform various duties on behalf of the Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Department of Health Care Services with respect to the state's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 747: Senator Christine Kehoe (D-San Diego)
Continuing education: lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender
Summary (as Amended 8/26/2011): This bill requires physicians and surgeons, registered nurses, licensed vocational nurses, psychologists, psychiatric technicians, marriage and family therapists, and clinical social workers, to take at least one continuing education course that provides instruction on cultural competency, sensitivity, and best practices for providing adequate care to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender persons (LGBT) on and after January 1, 2013, as specified.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Medical Issues
AB 412: Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara)
Emergency medical services
Summary (as Amended 5/27/2011): This bill reenacts, until January 1, 2014, provisions that sunset on January 1, 2011, authorizing Santa Barbara County to collect a penalty of $5 for every $10 in base fines imposed on criminal offenses and specified vehicle code offenses to be deposited in a Maddy Emergency Services Fund (Maddy EMS Fund), for the purpose of supporting emergency medical services (EMS).
Last Action Date: 9/7/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 268, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 415: Assemblymember Dan Logue (R-Linda)
Healing arts: telehealth
Summary (as Amended 9/2/2011): Establishes the Telehealth Advancement Act of 2011 to revise and update existing law to facilitate the advancement of telehealth as a service delivery mode in managed care and the Medi-Cal program.
Last Action Date: 10/7/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 599: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Privacy: medical information
Summary (as Introduced 2/17/2011): It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation regarding to the privacy of medical information.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died at desk.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 655: Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Hayward)
Healing arts: peer review
Summary (as Amended 7/6/2011): Revises the medical peer review process by requiring a peer review body to respond to the request of another peer review body and produce specified information concerning a licentiate under review.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 380, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Medi-Cal Issues
AB 43: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Medi-Cal Eligibility
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill would requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to establish Medi-Cal eligibility for any person under 65 years of age who meets specified criteria and whose income does not exceed 133% of the federal poverty level.
Last Action Date: 8/27/2012
Action Taken: Read second time. Ordered to third reading. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Padilla.
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AB 62: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Medi-Cal: dual eligibles: pilot projects
Summary (as Amended 6/27/2011): Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to consult with specified stakeholders in developing and implementing a pilot project for a Medicaid or Medicare demonstration project or waiver and authorizes DHCS to respond to a request for proposal from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).
Last Action Date: 8/22/2011
Action Taken: In Senate. Held at Desk.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 97: Committee on Budget
Health Care Services
Summary (as Amended 3/16/2011): This bill makes various changes to statutes related to Medi-Cal and the Healthy Families program in order to implement the 2011-12 Budget Act, including:
- Increase to Healthy Families program premiums.
- 10% Medi-Cal Provider Payment reductions of 10 percent.
- Physician "Soft Cap" after 7 visits.
Last Action Date: 3/24/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 113: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Health: Hospitals: Medi-Cal
Summary (as Amended 3/31/2011):
- Creates a program for non-designated public hospitals (NDPHs) to use local funds to draw down the maximum available federal funds for Medi-Cal expenditures.
- Appropriate $1.5 billion from the Hospital Quality Assurance Revenue Fund (HQAR Fund) and the same amount from the Federal Trust Fund for the purposes of the 6 month Medi-Cal quality assurance fee (QAF) program that would be established by AB 113's companion measure SB 90 (Steinberg) and
- Make the bill contingent upon the enactment of SB 90.
Last Action Date: 4/13/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 164: Assemblymember Mary Hayashi (D-Castro Valley)
Medi-Cal: Cards
Summary (as Introduced 1/20/2011): This bill would require the State Department of Health Care Services to implement a system whereby health care personnel with access to a person's Medi-Cal card are made aware if the person has previously accessed mental health services through the Medi-Cal system.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2011
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Article IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 301: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Medi-Cal: Managed Care
Summary (as Amended 8/30/2011): Extends the sunset date, from January 1, 2012 to January 1, 2016 on the prohibition on incorporating California Children's Services (CCS) covered services in a Medi-Cal managed care (MCMC) contract. The existing prohibition and the extension exempts the county organized health systems (COHS) plans in the counties of San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Solano, Yolo, Marin and Napa.
Last Action Date: 10/4/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 540: Assemblymember Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
Medi-Cal: alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention services
Summary (as Amended 8/15/2011): This bill would require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS), in consultation with the Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (DADP), to provide reimbursement under the Medi-Cal program for alcohol and drug screening and brief intervention services for pregnant women or women of childbearing age.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
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AB 667: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Medi-Cal: subacute care program
Summary (as Amended 6/9/2011): Defines "pediatric subacute services" in the Medi-Cal Program as the health care services needed by a person under 21 years of age who uses medical technology that compensates for the loss of bodily functions, establishes medical necessity standards and deletes the requirement that subacute care be defined by the Department of Health Care Services based on a study established in 1980 and makes other technical and clarifying changes.
Last Action Date: 9/21/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 678: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Medi-Cal: Supplemental Provider Reimbursement
Summary (as Amended 8/15/2011): Establishes a supplemental payment program for governmental entity providers of Medi-Cal emergency medical transportation services using certified public expenditures (CPEs) to match federal funds.
Last Action Date: 10/2/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 397, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 969: Assemblymember Toni Atkins (D-San Diego)
Medi-Cal: Clinical laboratory and laboratory services
Summary (as Amended 6/26/2012): This bill prohibits the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) from reducing rates paid for laboratory services, based on donations or discounts provided to federally qualified health centers for care of the insured.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 738, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1327: Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (D-La Canada Flintridge)
Medi-Cal Services
Summary (as Amended 5/10/2011): This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to conduct a three year pilot project to determine the feasibility of developing a blended per capita payment rate for services provided to enrollees with HIV or AIDS in Medi-Cal primary care case management (PCCM). This bill also requires DHCS to pay these rates to a Medi-Cal primary care case management plan or successor Knox Keene plan for beneficiaries with HIV or AIDS.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1553: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Medi-Cal: managed care: exemption from plan enrollment
Summary (as Amended 5/25/2012): This bill establishes requirements and a process for medical exemptions from mandatory enrollment in Medi-Cal Managed Care (MCMC) by codifying and revising existing regulations.
Last Action Date: 6/25/2012
Action Taken: In Senate Committee on Health. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at request of author.
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AB 1728: Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Livingston)
Health care programs: provider reimbursement rates
Summary (as Amended 4/16/2012): This bill requires that the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) reverts to a prior, higher rate of payment for hospital inpatient services in two non-Medi-Cal state health programs (California Children's Services (CCS) and Genetically Handicapped Persons Program (GHPP)).
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
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AB 1733: Assemblymember Dan Logue (R-Linda)
Health care service plans: telehealth
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill updates several code sections to replace the term "telemedicine with "telehealth" and expands the potential for the use of telehealth in additional health care programs administered by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) such as the Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE). This bill also amends licensed professional clinical counselor licensing laws.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 782, Statutes of 2012.
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AB 2002: Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo (D-Los Angeles)
Medi-Cal: Managed Care
Summary (as Amended 4/30/2012): The bill defines "safety net provider" for the purpose of determining which Medi-Cal managed care (MCMC) plan a beneficiary will be assigned to if they do not choose a plan. Specifically, this appends bill the following to the current definition used by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) of safety net provider:
1) A medical group, independent practice association (IPA), physician office, or clinic with more than 10 physicians that has a Medi-Cal or medically indigent encounter rate of at least 50% of total patients served in a calendar year, based on claims or encounter data.
2) A medical practice of 10 or fewer physicians in which at least 30% of the patients served in a calendar year are enrolled in Medi-Cal.
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations: set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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AB 2392: Assemblymember John Perez (D-Los Angeles)
Medi-Cal: Interpreter Services
Summary (as Amended 8/31/2012): This bill establishes collective bargaining for CommuniCal certified medical interpreters (CCMIs).
Last Action Date: 8/31/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assemblymember Charles Calderon.
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AB 2472: Assemblymember Betsy Butler (D-Los Angeles)
Medi-Cal: Managed Care
Summary (as Introduced 2/24/2012): This bill specifies a new health care plan rate development process that would apply to a single Medi-Cal plan administered by the AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF). Specifically, this bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to use fee-for-service data to set rates for this plan in the same ways as this data is used for setting rates for all Medi-Cal managed care plans.
Last Action Date: 5/25/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Appropriations. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
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SB 136: Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco)
Medi-Cal Telemedicine
Summary (as Amended 8/22/2011): This bill provides that specified energy services contracts entered into pursuant to existing law are public works projects and subject to applicable prevailing wage laws.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 698, Statutes of 2011.
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SB 256: Senator Tony Strickland (R-Thousand Oaks)
Medi-Cal: California Medical Assistance Commission
Summary (as Introduced 2/10/2011): This bill would eliminate the California Medical Assistance Commission (CMAC) and transfer the powers and duties of CMAC to the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) and the powers and duties of the Executive Director of CMAC to the Director of DHCS.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 677: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Medi-Cal: Eligibility
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to implement the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-48) as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152) (ACA) relating to the eligibility and benefits in the Medi-Cal Program.
Last Action Date: 8/29/2012
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file on request of Assemblymember Charles Calderon.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 945: Committee on Health
Medi-Cal: Electronic records
Summary (as Amended 5/31/2011): Requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to establish and administer the Medi-Cal Electronic Health Records Incentive Program (Program) to provide federally funded incentive payments to Medi-Cal providers to implement and use electronic health records (EHR) systems. Contains an urgency clause to ensure that the provisions of this bill go into effect immediately upon enactment.
Last Action Date: 10/2/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 433, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1081: Senator Jean Fuller (R-Bakersfield)
Public health care: Medi-Cal: Demonstration Projects
Summary (as Amended 8/20/2012): This bill authorizes nondesignated public hospitals (NDPH), which are hospitals owned by a local health care district, to operate Low Income Health Program (LIHP) in a county that does not have a designated public hospital if the county has previously filed an application to operate a LIHP but has formally withdrawn the application.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 453, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1487: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Medi-Cal: Eligibility: Former Foster Youths
Summary (as Amended 4/30/2012): This bill would extend Medi-Cal eligibility to former foster youth, until their 26th birthday (beginning in 2014). The bill also states legislative intent to enact in state law any provisions of the federal Affordable Care Act that are struck down by the Supreme Court.
Last Action Date: 5/24/2012
Action Taken: Held in committee and under submission.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 1529: Senator Elaine Alquist (D-San Jose)
Medi-Cal: providers: fraud
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill revises various provisions related to the screening, enrollment, dis-enrollment, suspensions, and other sanctions against fee-for service providers and suppliers participating in the Medi-Cal Program to conform to requirements of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Act 111-152) (collectively known as the Affordable Care Act or ACA).
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 797, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Medicare Issues
AB 151: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Medicare supplement coverage
Summary (as Amended 6/29/2011): Allows an individual to drop Medicare Advantage (MA) coverage and enroll in Medicare supplement coverage of the same issuer, or the issue's parent company, if the MA issuer increases premiums. If Medicare supplement coverage is not available from the same issuer or parent company, allows an individual under limited circumstances to enrolled in Medicare supplement coverage of an unaffiliated user. Deletes obsolete references in law and recognizes two new Medicare supplement plans (M & N).
Last Action Date: 9/7/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 270, Statutes of 2011.
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Mental Health Issues
AB 956: Assemblymember Roger Hernandez (D-East Los Angeles County)
Marriage and family therapy: interns and trainees: advertisements
Summary (as Introduced 2/18/2011): This bill increases the specificity of information that a marriage and family therapist registered interm (registered intern) or a marriage and family therapist trainee (trainee) prior to performing professional services, is required to provide each client or patient. It requires any advertisement by or on behalf of an intern or trainee to include specified information.
Last Action Date: 8/3/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 166, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 989: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Mental health: children's services
Summary (as Amended 5/27/2011): This bill requires programs contained in county Mental Health Services Act plans, which are required to include services to address the needs of transition-age youth, to also consider the needs of transition-age youth.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 640, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 993: Assemblymember Don Wagner (R-Irvine)
Meditation and counseling services: discipline and immunity
Summary (as Introduced 2/18/2011): This bill would specify that a mediator and a licensed mental health professional are not liable for damages for an act or omission constituting ordinary negligence that occurs on or after January 1, 2012 during the performance of the above-described mediation and counseling services. The bill would also prohibit a person from making a complaint to the board that issued a license to practice to the provision of those services and would, instead, require that the complaint be made to the court that set the matter for mediation or that required outpatient counseling. The bill would require the court to refer the matter to the licensing board for disciplinary action if it found unprofessional conduct on the part of the mediator or licensed mental health professional.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
Miscellaneous Issues
AB 69: Assemblymember Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
Senior nutrition benefits
Summary (as Introduced 8/30/2011): Allows counties to identify, through the Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits database, seniors who may be eligible for CalFresh benefits in order to enroll them in the program and improve their nutrition.
Last Action Date: 10/6/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 502, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 171: Assemblymember Jim Beall (D-San Jose)
Autism spectrum disorder
Summary (as Amended 1/23/2012): Requires health plans and health insurers to cover the screening, diagnosis, and treatment or pervasive developmental disorder or autism (PDD/A).
Last Action Date: 6/26/2012
Action Taken: Referred to Assembly Committee on Health.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 174: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-San Jose)
Office of Systems Integration: California Health and Human Services Automation Fund
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill establishes in law the California Health and Human Services Automation Fund in the State Treasury, to consist of moneys appropriated to various specified health and human services information technology (IT) projects, and requires the moneys in the Fund to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for expenditure by the Office of Systems Integration.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 815, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 186: Assemblymember Das Williams (D-Santa Barbara)
Reportable diseases and conditions
Summary (as Amended 8/31/2011): Requires the Department of Public Health (DPH) to establish a list of communicable diseases and conditions for which clinical laboratories must submit a culture or a specimen to the local public health laboratory to undergo further study. Permits DPH to modify the list of communicable diseases and conditions in consultation with appropriate local public health stakeholders, including but not limited to, local health officers and public health laboratory directors.
Last Action Date: 10/7/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 540, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 234: Assemblymember Bob Wieckoski (D-Fremont)
Healthy Food Options
Summary (as Amended 1/04/2012): Modifies and expands the existing hiring credit for small businesses.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 310: Assemblymember Fiona Ma (D-San Francisco)
Prescription Drugs
Summary (as Amended 4/25/2011): This bill prohibits health plan contracts and health insurance policies that cover outpatient prescription drugs from requiring coinsurance for outpatient prescription drug benefits, and imposes specified limitation on co-payments and out-of-pocket expenses for outpatient prescription drugs.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2011
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 312: Assemblymember Bonnie Lowenthal (D-Long Beach)
Civil rights: homeless persons
Summary (as Amended 4/7/2011): Clarifies protections and remedies for hate-based violence directed at homeless people.
Last Action Date: 8/5/2011
Action Taken: Vetoed by Governor.
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AB 604: Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley)
Needle exchange programs
Summary (as Amended 9/2/2011): Permits the Department of Public Health (DPH), until January 1, 2019, to authorize specified entities to provide hypodermic needle and syringe exchange services, as specified, in any location where DPH determines that the conditions exist for the rapid spread of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), viral hepatitis, or any other potentially deadly or disabling infections that are spread through the sharing of used needles and syringes.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 744, Statues of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 688: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Food and drugs: sale
Summary (as Amended 9/2/2011): Prohibits a retailer or retail food facility from selling or offering for sale, infant formula, baby food, and over-the-counter drugs beyond the expiration of "use by" date indicated on the product's packaging and imposes a $10 fine per item per day in violation.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 681, Statues of 2011.
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AB 1188: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Crimes: serious and violent felonies
Summary (as Amended 3/31/2011): Adds four new felonies relating to child abuse to the list of "violent" felonies, adds five new offenses related to human trafficking and the abuse of a child to the "serious" felony list.
Last Action Date: 02/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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AB 1280: Assemblymember Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo)
Ephedrine: retail sale
Summary (as Amended 2/9/2012): This bill would repeal existing statutory provisions for over the counter sales of pseudophedrine and related products and replace them with new purchase limits consistent with federal law and require the electronic tracking of purchases.
Last Action Date: 2/09/2012
Action Taken: From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
AB 1510: Assemblymember Martin Garrick (R-Carlsbad)
Income tax: health savings accounts
Summary (as Amended 4/10/2012): This bill conforms California tax law to federal tax law with respect to health savings accounts (HSAs) for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2013.
Last Action Date: 5/14/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Revenue and Taxation. Set, second hearing. Held under submission.
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AB 1564: Assemblymember Ricardo Lara (D-Bell Gardens)
Child abuse reporting: mandated reporters: tax-exempt organizations
Summary (as Introduced 1/30/2012): This bill would include volunteers of public or private organizations, including nonprofit organizations, whose duties require direct contact with and supervision of children in the list of individuals who are mandated reporters. The bill would also require employers to provide training in child abuse and neglect identification and reporting to their employees and volunteers who are mandated reporters.
This bill would require, for taxable years beginning on and after the date the bill is operative, the Franchise Tax Board to revoke the exemption of an organization if a person who is a mandated reporter in the scope of his or her duties in the organization has been found guilty of a misdemeanor, as provided, with respect to failure to report an incident of known or reasonably suspected child sexual abuse, as defined, in the scope of his or her duties in the organization. This bill would require the board to reinstate the exemption if the organization provides notification that the guilty verdict of the person has been overturned.
Last Action Date: 3/27/2012
Action Taken: In Assembly Committee on Public Safety. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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AB 2009: Assemblymember Cathleen Galgiani (D-Stockton)
Communicable disease: vaccinations
Summary (as Amended 8/16/2012): This bill deletes and recasts existing law requiring the Department of Public Health (DPH) to provide appropriates influenza (flu) vaccine to local governmental or private nonprofit agencies (agencies) at no charge in order that the agencies may provide the vaccine, at a minimal cost, at accessible locations in the order of priority, first for all persons 60 years of age or older and then to any other high-risk groups, as specified. Deletes the existing vaccination priority, and instead authorizes DPH to provide guidance to agencies as to whether one or more population groups are to have priority, as specified.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2012.
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AB 2034: Assemblymember Felipe Fuentes (D-Sylmar)
Medical care: genetically handicapping conditions
Summary (as Amended 8/21/2012): This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) in consultation with stakeholders, to develop a plan for the continued operation of the Genetically Handicapped Person's Program (GHPP) after implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). Requires the plan to address preserving the availability of wrap-around services that will not otherwise be available after implementation of the ACA and adding genetic amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) to the list of GHPP-covered conditions.
Last Action Date: 9/29/2012
Action Taken: Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
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AB 2253: Assemblymember Richard Pan (D-Sacramento)
Clinical Laboratory Test Results: Electronic Conveyance
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill authorizes the conveyance of clinical laboratory test results relating to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) antibody test, presence of antigens indicating a hepatitis infection, abusing the use of drugs, or test results related to routinely processed tissues that reveal malignancy, as specified, by Internet posting or other electronic means to a patient where the patient requests the disclosure, the health care professional deems the disclosure has first discussed the results with the patient.
Last Action Date: 9/28/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 698, Statutes of 2012.
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AB 2266: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Medi-Cal: Health Homes for Enrollees and 1115 Waiver Demonstration Populations with Chronic and Complex Conditions
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill requires the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to establish a program to provide specified health home services, with the intent of reducing avoidable hospitalization or use of emergency medical services.
Last Action Date: 8/29/2012
Action Taken: Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Alquist.
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AB 2480: Assemblymember V. Manuel Perez (D-Coachella)
Medi-Cal: Health Homes for Enrollees with Chronic Conditions
Summary (as Introduced 2/24/2012): Existing law makes various findings and declarations of the legislature regarding the need to improve and facilitate access to health services in rural areas.
This bill would add to those findings and declarations that rural areas have a shortage of health care professionals with the cultural competency necessary to address the health needs of diverse communities. The bill would also make related nonsubstantive changes.
Last Action Date: 2/27/2012
Action Taken: Read first time.
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AB 2508: Assemblymember Susan Bonilla (D-Concord)
Public contracts: Public health agencies
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): Requires a state agency contracting for call center services for public benefit programs only serving applicants, recipients, or enrollees in those public benefits programs to certify that the work will be performed solely by workers employed in California.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 824, Statutes of 2012.
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ACR 71: Assemblymember Nathan Fletcher (R-San Diego)
Plasma Protein Therapies Month
Summary (as Amended 9/7/2011): This resolution designates September 2011 as Plasma Protein Therapies Month and encourages Californians to observe the month with appropriate programs and activities.
Last Action Date: 9/28/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. - Res. Chapter 110, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
ACR 81: Assemblymember Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley)
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Summary (as Amended 9/2/2011): This resolution designates September of every year as Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and encourages and promotes the efforts of the people and the healthcare practitioners of the state to increase their awareness of this disease and to educate themselves about early detection and prevention.
Last Action Date: 9/22/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. - Res. Chapter 100, Statutes of 2011.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
ACR 82: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Culver City)
Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Summary (as Amended 9/6/2011): This resolution recognizes October 2011 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and urges Californians to take a stand against domestic violence by raising awareness about this issue and the resources available to victims seeking to escape abuse.
Last Action Date: 9/28/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. - Res. Chapter 119, Statutes of 2011.
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AJR 18: Assemblymember Wilma Carter (D-Rialto)
Sickle Cell Awareness Month
Summary (as Amended 9/7/2011): This resolution recognizes September 2011 as Sickle Cell Awareness Month in California and urges the funding for sickle cell anemia centers and research and to make sickle cell anemia and other genetic hemoglobinopathies a public health priority..
Last Action Date: 9/28/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. - Res. Chapter 125, Statutes of 2011.
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SB 35: Assemblymember Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima)
Voter Registration Agencies
Summary (as Amended 8/23/2012): This bill significantly expands the list of state agencies providing voter registration services, and provides the Secretary of State (SOS) and county election officials with corresponding responsibilities.
Last Action Date: 9/24/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 505, Statutes of 2012.
For more information on this bill please check the Official California Legislative Information site here
SB 36: Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto)
County Health Initiative Matching Fund
Summary (as Amended 8/26/2011): This bill allows County Health Initiative Matching Fund programs to draw down federal matching funds to provide health insurance coverage to eligible with family incomes at or below 400 percent federal poverty level (FPL), instead of up to 300 percent of the FPL in existing law, and require persons receiving this coverage to be ineligible for no share of cost Medi-Cal coverage and either ineligible for the Healthy Families Program or unable to enroll in the program as a result of specified enrollment policies due to insufficient funds.
Last Action Date: 10/2/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 416, Statutes of 2011.
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SB 315: Senator Rod Wright (D-Inglewood)
Ephedrine and Pseudophedrine
Summary (as Introduced 2/14/2011): Eliminates over the counter (OTC) sales of products containing ephedrine (EPH), pseudophedrine (PSE), norpseudoephedrine and phenylpropanolamine and instead requires the sale or distribution of such products to be made pursuant to prescription only. Creates an exemption for pediatric liquids containing such drugs from the prescription requirement. Provides that any person who obtains such products, unless upon prescription of a physician, dentist, podiatrist, or veterinarian licensed by the state is guilty of an infraction or misdemeanor.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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SB 393: Senator Ed Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Medical Homes
Summary (as Amended 8/24/2012): This bill establishes the Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) Act of 2012 and defines patient-centered medical home. This bill provides that a physician-directed practice team shall not be construed to prohibit activities conducted pursuant to specified provisions of law regarding scope of practice. This bill specifies that its provisions do not alter the scope of practice of any health care provider.
Last Action Date: 9/30/2012
Action Taken: In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
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SB 471: Senator Michael Rubio (D-East Bakersfield)
CalFresh
Summary (as Amended 3/23/2011): This bill would require the State Department of Social Services to modify the list of allowable food items purchasable under CalFresh to prohibit recipients of CalFresh from purchasing CalFresh benefits sweetened beverages containing more than 10 calories per cup, except that CalFresh benefits would be authorized to be used to purchase juice without added sugar, milk products and milk substitutes, even if sweetened.
Last Action Date: 1/31/2012
Action Taken: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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SB 850: Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco)
Medical records: confidential information
Summary (as Amended 9/1/2011): This bill requires electronic health record systems or electronic medical record systems to automatically record any change or deletion of any electronically stored medical information and would enact related requirements. This bill clarifies that existing law relating to the destruction of medical records applies to medical information, thus including information kept in both physical and electronic form.
Last Action Date: 10/9/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2011.
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SB 922: Senator Gloria Negrete McLeod (D-Chino)
Immunizations: Disclosure of information: tuberculosis screening
Summary (as Amended 9/8/2011): This bill was amended to address a different subject entirely. The bill now establishes parameters for the use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for publicly funded construction projects.
Last Action Date: 10/2/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 431, Statutes of 2011.
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SB 1329: Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto)
Prescription drugs: collection and distribution program
Summary (as Amended 8/16/2012): This bill expands the types of entities that can donate and dispense medication in the prescription drug depository and distribution program that provides donated medication to medically indigent patients, includes these additional entities within the immunity from criminal and civil liability contained in existing law, and allows counties to establish a program through an action by the county board or through an action of the public health officer of the county, instead of only through county ordinance under existing law.
Last Action Date: 9/28/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 709, Statutes of 2012.
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Public Health Issues
AB 70: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
State Department of Public Health; funding opportunities
Summary (as Amended 1/23/2012): Expands the California Department of Public Health's (DPH) authority to submit applications in partnership with other nonprofit health entities to increase DPH's responsiveness and flexibility when applying for funding opportunities related to health prevention.
Last Action Date: 6/14/2012
Action Taken: Referred to Senate Committee on Health.
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AB 581: Assemblymember John Perez (D-Los Angeles)
Public Health: food access
Summary (as Amended 8/30/2011): This bill creates the California Healthy Food Financing Initiative (CHFFI), the CHFFI fund and the CHFFI Council, for the purpose of expanding access to healthy foods in underserved communities. Requires the Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), by July 1, 2012, to prepare recommended actions to be taken to promote food access within California. Authorizes CDFA to create an Advisory Group (AG) as specified. This authority remains in effect until January 1, 2017.
Last Action Date: 10/6/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 505, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 922: Assemblymember Bill Monning (D-Carmel)
Office of Health Consumer Assistance
Summary (as Amended 9/2/2011): This bill transfers the Department of Managed Health Care (DMHC) from the Business, Transportation and Housing Agency (BT&H) to the California Health and Human Services Agency (CHHSA). Transfers the Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) from DMHC to CHHSA effective July 1, 2012, and requires existing OPA duties to apply to health insurers regulated by the Department of Insurance (DOI) and their insureds (in addition to DMHC-regulated health plans). Assigns new duties to OPA related to assisting consumers obtain public and private health care coverage and navigate public and private coverage consistent with requirements under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Last Action Date: 10/7/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2011.
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AB 1793: Assemblymember Mariko Yamada (D-Davis)
Public health: federal funding: public health emergencies
Summary (as Introduced 2/21/2012): This bill adds long-term care (LTC) facilities to the list of entities eligible to receive federal funding allocated for the prevention of, and response to, public health emergencies, and deletes an inoperative date of September 1, 2012 for the statute authorizing distribution of this funding.
Last Action Date: 7/24/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 166, Statutes of 2012.
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Women's Issues
AB 185: Assemblymember Roger Hernandez (D-West Covina)
Maternity Services
Summary (as Introduced 1/25/2011): This bill requires polices in the individual and group health insurance markets to provide coverage for maternity services. This bill creates a mandate on insurers and not health plans, as maternity benefits are already mandated for health plans. This bill requires maternity services to include prenatal care, ambulatory care, care for pregnancy complications, neonatal care, inpatient hospital maternity care, and postpartum care.
Last Action Date: 2/01/2012
Action Taken: Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
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AB 1306: Assemblymember Tim Donnelly (R-San Bernardino)
Abortion
Summary (as Amended 4/26/2011): Requires a person authorized to perform an abortion to provide information, as specified, to any woman seeking an abortion in order to obtain her informed consent. Requires any facility where an abortion is authorized to be performed any any emergency room of a general acute care hospital, to post in common areas, as specified, the telephone number of a nonprofit organization that provides services in support of the elimination of human trafficking.
Last Action Date: 6/6/2011
Action Taken: From committee without further action pursuant to Joint Rule 62(a).
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AB 2348: Assemblymember Holly Mitchell (D-Los Angeles)
Registered nurses: dispensing of drugs
Summary (as Amended 8/20/2012): Allows registered nurses to dispense and administer hormonal contraceptives under a standardized procedure, as specified, and allows RNs to dispense drugs and devices upon an order by a certified nurse-midwife (CNM), a nurse practitioner (NP), or a physician assistant (PA) while functioning within specified clinic settings..
Last Action Date: 9/22/2012
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 460, Statutes of 2012.
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SB 155: Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa)
Maternity Services
Summary (as Amended 6/28/2011): This bill requires policies in the individual and group health insurance markets to provide coverage for maternity services. This bill creates a mandate on insurers and not health plans, as health plans must cover maternity benefits under current law.
Last Action Date: 8/25/2011
Action Taken: Hearing postponed by committee.
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SB 173: Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto)
Healing arts: mammograms
Summary (as Amended 8/15/2011): This bill requires under January 1, 2018, a health care provider who performs a mammography, if a patient has a certain level of breast density, as specified, to include the following notice in the written report sent to the patient: "Because your mammogram demonstrates that you have dense breast tissue, which could hide small abnormalities, you might benefit from supplementary screening tests, depending on your individual risk factors. A report of your mammography results, which contains information about your breast density, has been sent to your physician's office and you should contact your physician if you have any questions or concerns about this report."
Last Action Date: 8/25/2011
Action Taken: Set, second hearing. Held in Assembly Committee on Appropriations and under submission.
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SB 299: Senator Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa)
Employment: pregnancy or childbirth leave
Summary (as Amended 8/15/2011): This bill prohibits employers from refusing to maintain and pay for insurance coverage, as specified, for the duration of maternity leave up to four months, as specified. This bill authorizes employers to recover insurance premiums from the employee if the employee fails to return from maternity leave provided that the employee's failure to return from maternity leave is not due to leave taken under the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act (CFRA), for a health condition that entitles the employee leave, or for another circumstance beyond the control of the employee. This bill requires the collective bargaining agreements of state agencies govern maternity coverage specified in this bill.
Last Action Date: 10/6/2011
Action Taken: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 510, Statutes of 2011.
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