Roger Hernández
- 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 Department of Insurance. Existing law imposes various requirements on contracts and policies that cover prescription drug benefits. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or a policy of health insurance that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, and that provides coverage for prescription drug benefits to notify the enrollee or insured, at the time that a prescription drug is delivered or within 30 days of purchase, of specified information related to the cost of the prescription drug. The bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care to adopt regulations relating to these requirements, as specified. The bill would make related legislative findings and declarations. 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.
Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 25. Noes 38. Page 5052.).
Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Roger Hernández.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (May 18).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 19).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
Introduced. To print.
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| AB2436 | HTML |
| 02/19/16 - Introduced | |
| 04/06/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/27/16 - Amended Assembly |
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