V. Manuel Pérez
- 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 and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Insurance Commissioner. Existing law prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer from requiring in-person contact between a health care provider and a patient before payment is made for covered services appropriately provided through telehealth, which is defined to mean the mode of delivering health care services via information and communication technologies, as specified. This bill would require a health care service plan or a health insurer, with respect to contracts and policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2016, to cover telephone visits, as defined, provided by a contracted physician or a contracted qualified nonphysician health care provider. The bill would provide that a health care service plan or a health insurer is not required to reimburse separately for specified telephone visits, including a telephone visit provided as part of a bundle of services reimbursed in a specified manner. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements by a health care service plan would be a crime, the 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.
From Senate committee without further action.
In committee: Held under submission.
In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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 7. Noes 1.) (June 18).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Page 5325.)
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 5326.)
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5220.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 29).
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB1771 | HTML |
| 02/14/14 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/06/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/23/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/28/14 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/09/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/24/14 - Amended Senate |
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