Joel Anderson
- Republican
Author
Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage and to renew that coverage at the option of the plan sponsor or the individual. PPACA also requires each state to, by January 1, 2014, establish an American Health Benefit Exchange that facilitates the purchase of qualified health plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers, as specified. Existing 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. Existing law requires the board, among other things, to determine the criteria and process for eligibility, enrollment, and disenrollment of enrollees and potential enrollees in the Exchange and coordinate that process with state and local government entities administering other specified health care coverage programs, as specified. This bill would additionally require the board, without unreasonable delay, to allow an applicant to indicate in an application for health care coverage whether or not the applicant would like assistance with completing the application from an Exchange certified insurance agent or certified enrollment counselor. The bill would prohibit the Exchange from disclosing any personal information, as defined, that was obtained from the application for health care coverage to a certified insurance agent or certified enrollment counselor until the Exchange has complied with the provision described above. The bill would also prohibit the Exchange from disclosing personal information that was obtained from the application for health care coverage to a certified insurance agent or certified enrollment counselor if the applicant indicates that the applicant does not want assistance from an Exchange certified insurance agent or certified enrollment counselor. The bill would provide that these provisions do not preclude the Exchange from sharing the information of current enrollees or applicants with the same certified enrollment counselor or certified insurance agent of record that provided the applicant assistance with an existing application, or their successor or authorized staff, as specified. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
From committee without further action.
From Assembly without further action.
Held under submission.
Set, second hearing.
Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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 19. Noes 0.) (June 24).
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 3597.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3706.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 19.
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 0. Page 3309.) (April 29).
Set for hearing April 29.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3162.) (April 9).
Set for hearing April 9.
Hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing March 26.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 14.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB974 | HTML |
| 02/11/14 - Introduced | |
| 04/21/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/06/14 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/30/14 - Amended Assembly |
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