Bill Monning
- 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 requires each department to develop and adopt regulations to ensure that enrollees have access to needed health care services in a timely manner. Existing law provides for the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid program provisions. Existing law requires each prepaid health plan to establish a grievance procedure under which enrollees may submit their grievances. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy that provides benefits through contracts with providers for alternative rates that is issued, renewed, or amended on or after July 1, 2017, to provide information to enrollees and insureds regarding the standards for timely access to health care services and other specified health care access information, including information related to receipt of interpreter services in a timely manner, no less than annually, and would make these provisions applicable to Medi-Cal managed care plans. The bill would also require a health care service plan or a health insurer that contracts with providers for alternative rates of payment to provide a contracting health care provider with specified information relating to the provision of referrals or health care services in a timely manner. Because a willful violation of the bill's provisions 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.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 500, Statutes of 2016.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 11. Page 5362.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 5892.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (August 3).
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 13. Noes 4.) (June 28).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 4141.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4004.) (May 27).
Set for hearing May 27.
April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing April 25.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3445.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 6.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
March 30 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Set for hearing March 30.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1135 | HTML |
| 02/18/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/30/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/01/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/30/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/15/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/26/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/23/16 - Chaptered |
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