Bill Emmerson
- Republican
Author
Under the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , each state is required, by January 1, 2014, to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that makes available qualified health plans to qualified individuals and small employers. Existing state law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1, 2014. Under the California Public Records Act (CPRA) , public records of state and local agencies are open to public inspection, as specified, unless a record is exempt from disclosure. Existing law exempts specified records of the Exchange from CPRA and requires, except for the portion of a contract that contains the rates of payment, contracts entered into, and amendments to contracts entered into, by the board to be open to inspection after one year. This bill would instead make open to public inspection the impressions, opinions, recommendations, meeting minutes, research, work product, theories, or strategy of the board or its staff, or records that provide instructions, advice, or training to employees. The bill would provide that the one year exemption from disclosure for contracts with participating carriers apply to those contracts entered into on or after the effective date of the bill. The bill would also require that the portion of the contract or amendment containing the rates of payment be open to inspection 3 years after a contract or amendment is open to inspection pursuant to these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 446, Statutes of 2013.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 7 p.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2976.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 30).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (August 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 15). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2513.)
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 1683.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 1450.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing June 12.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB332 | HTML |
| 02/19/13 - Introduced | |
| 05/16/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/13 - Enrolled | |
| 10/01/13 - Chaptered |
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