Darrell Steinberg
- Democratic
Author
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide benefits for specified conditions, including certain mental health conditions. This bill, effective July 1, 2012, would require those health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, except as specified, to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment, as defined, for pervasive developmental disorder or autism. The bill would provide, however, that no benefits are required to be provided that exceed the essential health benefits that will be required under specified federal law. Because a violation of these provisions with respect to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. These provisions would be inoperative July 1, 2014, and repealed on January 1, 2015. The bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care, in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, to convene an Autism Advisory Task Force by February 1, 2012, to provide assistance to the department on topics related to behavioral health treatment and to develop recommendations relating to the education, training, and experience requirements to secure licensure from the state. The bill would require the department to submit a report of the Task Force to the Governor and specified members of the Legislature by December 31, 2012. Existing law establishes various communicable disease prevention and control programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions and requires health care providers and laboratories to report cases of HIV infection to the local health officer using patient names and sets guidelines regarding these reports. Existing law requires the local health officers to report unduplicated HIV cases by name to the department. This bill would authorize the department to revise the HIV reporting form without the adoption of a regulation, as specified. Under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, the State Department of Mental Health administers the provision of funds to counties for community mental health services programs. Existing law also permits counties to receive, under certain circumstances, Medi-Cal reimbursement for mental health services. Under existing law, negotiated net amounts or rates are used as the cost of services in contracts between the state and the county and between the county and a subprovider of services. Existing law establishes the method for computing negotiated rates. Existing law prohibits the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving service from a county mental health program from exceeding the actual or negotiated cost of the services. This bill would only allow the use of negotiated net amounts as the cost of services in a contract between the state and a county and the county and a subprovider of services, and would eliminate the use of negotiated rates. The bill would also specify that the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving a service from a county mental health program shall not exceed the actual cost of the service. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services promulgates regulations for determining reimbursement of Short-Doyle mental health services allowable under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Health Care Services to jointly develop a ratesetting methodology for use in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system that maximizes federal funding and utilizes, as much as practicable, federal Medicare reimbursement principles. Existing law requires that this ratesetting methodology contain incentives relating to economy and efficiency. The bill would delete the requirement that the ratesetting methodology in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system include incentives relating to economy and efficiency. 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 the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2011.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2457.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 3180.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 4. Page 2480.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 2498.)
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3036.)
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (September 8).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (September 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2940.)
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2822.)
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
Ordered to the Assembly.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2597.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1281.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
Set for hearing May 23.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 886.) (May 4).
Set for hearing May 4.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after May 1.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB946 | HTML |
| 03/31/11 - Introduced | |
| 05/10/11 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/06/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/09/11 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/14/11 - Enrolled | |
| 10/09/11 - Chaptered |
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