Ted Lieu
- 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 is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires the departments to adopt regulations establishing standards and requirements to provide enrollees and insureds with access to language assistance in obtaining health care services. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers, if they exceed certain enrollment thresholds, to implement programs to assess the needs of enrollees and insureds, and to provide translation and interpretation for medical services and translation of vital documents, as defined, to enrollees and insureds, and to report to the respective departments regarding internal policies and procedures related to cultural appropriateness. Existing law provides that a health care service plan is in compliance with the requirements if it is required to meet and meets the same or similar standards, as imposed by the Medi-Cal program. This bill would require a health care service plan, as specified, that advertises or markets products in the individual or small group health care service plan markets, or that allows others to market or advertise on its behalf in those markets, in a non-English language, as provided, and that does not meet certain requirements, to translate into that language specified documents. The bill would also require an insurer that markets, advertises, or allows others to market or advertise on its behalf, or produces educational materials for health insurance policies, in the individual or small group health insurance markets, in a non-English language and that does not meet certain requirements, to translate specified documents into that language. The bill would require both those health care service plans and insurers to use trained and qualified translators. By placing additional requirements on health care service plans, the willful violation of which 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 447, Statutes of 2013.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 2288.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 3028.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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 5.) (August 30).
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1196.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1012.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 29.
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 2. Page 506.) (April 10).
Set for hearing April 10.
From printer. 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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| SB353 | HTML |
| 02/20/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/16/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/05/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/14/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/12/13 - Enrolled | |
| 10/01/13 - Chaptered |
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