Curren D Price
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, requires a health insurance issuer issuing group or individual coverage that provides dependent coverage of children to continue to make that coverage available for an adult child until the child attains 26 years of age with respect to plan years beginning on or after September 23, 2010. Regulations promulgated under that provision require issuers to provide certain dependents who have lost or been denied coverage an opportunity to enroll, as specified. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene Act) , provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires that every health care service plan contract or group health insurance policy that provides for termination of coverage of a dependent child upon attainment of the limiting age for dependent children shall also provide that attainment of the limiting age shall not terminate the coverage of a child under certain conditions. This bill would prohibit the limiting age for dependent children covered by health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies from being less than 26 years of age with respect to plan or policy years beginning on or after September 23, 2010, except for certain group contracts and policies for plan or policy years beginning before January 1, 2014, as specified. The bill would require plans and insurers to provide certain dependents who have lost or been denied coverage an opportunity to enroll, as specified. Because this bill would specify additional requirements under the Knox-Keene Act, the willful violation of which would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Approved by Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 660, Statutes of 2010.
Enrolled. To Governor at 11:45 a.m.
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 4910.) To enrollment.
In Senate. To unfinished business.
Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6491.)
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 6505.) To Senate.
Read third time. Amended. (Page 6429.) To third reading.
Read second time. To third reading.
(Heard in committee August 12.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on June 29.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
To Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 3738.) To Assembly.
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 3671.)
Set for hearing May 27.
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 17.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing May 10.
From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3303.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 21.
To Com. on HEALTH.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1088 | HTML |
| 02/17/10 - Introduced | |
| 04/13/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/01/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/23/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/02/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/20/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/30/10 - Enrolled | |
| 09/30/10 - Chaptered |
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