Hector De La Torre
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits a health insurer from engaging in postclaims underwriting, as defined, and requires an insurer that willfully violates that provision to pay a $118 penalty to the state. Existing law prohibits any person in the state from engaging in any trade practices that are defined as unfair methods of competition or unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance and makes a person who engages in those practices liable to the state for a civil penalty not to exceed $5,000 or $10,000, as specified. This bill would include engaging in health insurance postclaims underwriting as an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice in the business of insurance. The bill would specify the penalties that could be levied on a person who engages in postclaims underwriting, as specified, and would require that the amount by which a penalty exceeds $118 be deposited in the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 61. Noes 16. Page 6712.)
Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6645.)
Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 8. Page 4816.)
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 2).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5161.)
Read second time. To Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5).
From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 20).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB2540 | HTML |
| 02/19/10 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/15/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/10 - Enrolled |
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