Carol Liu
- Democratic
Author
Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program administered by the State Department of Health Care Services. The purpose of the program is to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services program and the Medi-Cal program and to provide Medi-Cal program benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies. Existing law provides criteria for certification of a long-term care insurance policy, including a requirement that it provide protection against loss of benefits due to inflation. Existing law requires each organization issuing certified policies to contribute a specified amount to a fund to be used for common educational and marketing expenses, as specified. This bill would require the department to adopt regulations requiring that a long-term care insurance policy or health care service plan contract that includes long-term care services include nursing and residential care facility coverage only, home care and community-based care coverage only, or comprehensive coverage. The bill would also require that a health care service plan contract or long-term care insurance policy, as a condition of certification, include specified protections against loss of benefits due to inflation. The bill would also, until January 1, 2019, require the formation of an executive and legislative task force to provide advice and assistance in implementing reforms to the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program and to consider other means to assist consumers in paying for long-term care services and supports, as specified. The task force would be composed of representatives of various state agencies and departments, including the State Department of Health Care Services, the State Department of Social Services, and the California Department of Aging. The bill would, until January 1, 2019, authorize the department, under specified conditions, to use moneys in the fund described above to administer the task force, implement recommendations made by the task force, and facilitate review of policy forms for certification by the program and the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires long-term care insurance policies or certificates to provide certain coverage and to make certain disclosures, as specified. This bill would require an insurance policy, certificate, or rider that is offered under the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to be called a home and community-based services policy, certificate, or rider and for it to prominently display that it is for home and community-based services only, as specified. The bill would require those policies, certificates, or riders to provide specified coverage.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 487, Statutes of 2016.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5490.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6228.) Ordered to the Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on INS. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on INS.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on AGING & L.T.C.
Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
Referred to Coms. on AGING & L.T.C. and INS.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4056.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4009.) (May 27).
Set for hearing May 27.
May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 16.
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 8. Noes 0. Page 3646.) (April 20).
Set for hearing April 20.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 3560.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 13.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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 23.
Read first time.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB1384 | HTML |
| 02/19/16 - Introduced | |
| 03/29/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/26/16 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/14/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/01/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/18/16 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/02/16 - Enrolled | |
| 09/22/16 - Chaptered |
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