California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive 1 R cosponsors

SB 161 — Health care coverage: cancer treatment.

Last action — Stricken from Senate file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

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 health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide coverage for all generally medically accepted cancer screening tests and requires those plans and policies to also provide coverage for the treatment of breast cancer. Existing law imposes various requirements on contracts and policies that cover prescription drug benefits. This bill would require health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered cancer medication, as specified, on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications covered under the contracts or policies. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to review the percentage cost share, as defined, for oral cancer medications and intravenous or injected cancer medications and to apply the lower of the 2 as the cost-sharing provision for oral cancer medications. The bill would specify that its requirements do not apply to a health care benefit plan, contract, or health insurance policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements relative to health care service plans 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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Stricken from Senate file.

  2. In Senate. To unfinished business. (Veto)

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled. To Governor at 11 a.m.

  5. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 2370.) To enrollment.

  6. In Senate. To unfinished business.

  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 23. Page 3078.) To Senate.

  8. Read third time. Amended. To third reading.

  9. Read second time. To third reading.

  10. Read second time. Amended. To second reading.

  11. (Heard in committee on August 27.)

  12. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.)

  13. Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  15. (Heard in committee on July 7.)

  16. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  17. To Com. on HEALTH.

  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1093.) To Assembly.

  20. Read second time. To third reading.

  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1025.)

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  23. Set for hearing May 26.

  24. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  26. Set for hearing May 18.

  27. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  28. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 729.) Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  29. Set for hearing April 29.

  30. To Coms. on HEALTH and RLS.

  31. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  32. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 117 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Wright

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (117)

117 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB161 Wright Concurrence

Passed 32 Yea · 3 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30305
Democratic 1001
Republican 1000
Total 32306
% of votes cast 78%7%0%15%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cogdill — Not Voting
Florez — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Ducheny — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Benoit — Nay
Dutton — Nay
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Not Voting
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 161 Wright Senate Third Reading By HALL

Passed 60 Yea · 25 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 562306
Republican 1200
Democratic 3000
Total 602506
% of votes cast 66%27%0%7%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Conway — Not Voting
Cook — Not Voting
Tom — Nay
Fletcher — Nay
Audra — Nay
Bill — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Duvall — Not Voting
Garrick — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Nay
Swanson — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Tran — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Charles — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Villines — Nay
Emmerson — Nay
Coto — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Nay
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass as amended.

Passed 16 Yea · 6 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15500
Democratic 1000
Republican 0100
Total 16600
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (22)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Conway — Nay
Coto — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Audra — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Miller — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Hill — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 19 Yea · 7 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18600
Republican 1100
Total 19700
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Carter — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Audra — Nay
Hayashi — Yea
Conway — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Adams — Nay
Nava — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Senate 3rd Reading SB161 Wright

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 34003
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 37003
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Dutton — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Huff — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10003
Total 10003
% of votes cast 77%0%0%23%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Hancock — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Yea

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Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1000
Total 12000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Negrete — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Cox — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 161 do?
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 health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide coverage for all generally medically accepted cancer screening tests and requires those plans and policies to also provide coverage for the treatment of breast cancer. Existing law imposes various requirements on contracts and policies that cover prescription drug benefits. This bill would require health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies that provide coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment to provide coverage for a prescribed, orally administered cancer medication, as specified, on a basis no less favorable than intravenously administered or injected cancer medications covered under the contracts or policies. The bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer to review the percentage cost share, as defined, for oral cancer medications and intravenous or injected cancer medications and to apply the lower of the 2 as the cost-sharing provision for oral cancer medications. The bill would specify that its requirements do not apply to a health care benefit plan, contract, or health insurance policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements relative to health care service plans 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.
Who sponsors SB 161?
SB 161 is sponsored by Strickland, Tony (Republican), Alquist, Hall, Wright, and Bonnie Lowenthal.
What is the current status of SB 161?
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SB 161?
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