Eloise Reyes
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 50
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 authorizes health care service plans and health insurers that cover prescription drugs to utilize reasonable medical management practices, including prior authorization and step therapy, consistent with applicable law. This bill would require a group or individual health care service plan or health insurer offering an outpatient prescription drug benefit to provide coverage without prior authorization, step therapy, or utilization review for at least one medication approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in each of 4 designated categories, including medication for the reversal of opioid overdose, including a naloxone product or another opioid antagonist. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, this 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 633, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5031.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee February 16.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1842 | HTML |
| 01/16/24 - Introduced | |
| 05/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/22/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/03/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/15/24- Assembly Health | |
| 04/08/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 04/12/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 05/24/24- Senate Health | |
| 06/07/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 06/12/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/23/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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