Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of the act constitutes a crime. Existing law requires every health care service plan to establish and maintain a grievance system approved by the department under which enrollees and subscribers may submit a grievance to the plan. Existing law authorizes a subscriber or enrollee to submit his or her grievance to the department for review after completing the grievance process or after having participated in that process for at least 30 days. Existing law requires the department to send a written notice of the final disposition of the grievance to an enrollee or subscriber within 30 days of receiving the request for review, unless the director determines that additional time is reasonably necessary to fully review the grievance. This bill would, upon a determination by the director that, do to extraordinary circumstances, additional time is necessary to review a grievance, set forth the procedures that would apply to the department with regard to the review of that grievance and the payment of specified costs by the department. Upon a failure of a health care service plan to comply with a request from the department for information related to the grievance, the bill would authorize the department to impose an administrative fine on that plan, pursuant to specified procedures, as determined by the department. Existing law requires the director to make and file annually with the department as a public record an aggregate summary of grievances against plans filed with the department, as specified. This bill would require the director to include in that report specified information related to the department's review of grievances against health care service plans.
Died on file.
In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled. To Governor at 4 p.m.
Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4931.) To enrollment.
In Senate. To unfinished business.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 6495.) To Senate.
Read third time. Amended. (Page 6369.) To third reading.
Read second time. To third reading.
(Heard in committee on August 4.)
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)
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 14. Noes 5.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
(Heard in committee on June 29.)
To Com. on HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 3703.) To Assembly.
Read second time. Amended. To third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 3674.)
(Suspense - for vote only.)
Set for hearing May 27.
Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 10.
Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3304.)
Set for hearing April 21.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
To Com. on RLS.
From print. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1283 | HTML |
| 02/19/10 - Introduced | |
| 04/08/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/27/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/28/10 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/02/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/10 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/10 - Enrolled |
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