California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 244 — Health care coverage: mental health services.

Last action — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  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.

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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. Under existing law, a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy are required to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illnesses of a person of any age. Existing law does not define "severe mental illnesses" for this purpose but describes it as including several conditions. This bill would expand this coverage requirement for certain health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2010, to include the diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness of a person of any age and would define mental illness for this purpose as a mental disorder defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV. The bill would specify that this requirement does not apply to a health care benefit plan, contract, or health insurance policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System unless the board elects to purchase a plan, contract, or policy that provides mental health coverage. Because this bill would expand coverage requirements for health care service plans, the willful violation of which would be a crime, it 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. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. Vetoed by Governor.

  4. Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.

  5. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 3218.)

  6. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3191.)

  7. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  8. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 2165.)

  9. Read second time. To third reading.

  10. Read third time, amended. To second reading.

  11. Read second time. To third reading.

  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (August 17).

  13. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 15).

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 1834.)

  18. Read second time. To third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  20. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  21. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Read second time and amended.

  23. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 28).

  24. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Beall · Primary
  • Chesbro · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Beall

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Chesbro

Not signed on (120)

120 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 244 BEALL Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 58 Yea · 29 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 542704
Republican 1200
Democratic 3000
Total 582904
% of votes cast 64%32%0%4%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Cook — Not Voting
Duvall — Not Voting
Mendoza — Not Voting
Smyth — Nay
Villines — Nay
Audra — Nay
Charles — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Nay
Bill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Coto — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Knight — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Logue — Nay
Miller — Nay
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Nay
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Beall — Yea
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Tran — Nay
Emmerson — Not Voting
Eng — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
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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Assembly 3rd Reading AB244 Beall By Ashburn

Passed 24 Yea · 12 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221105
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 241205
% of votes cast 59%29%0%12%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Florez — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Negrete — Nay
Runner — Nay
Hollingsworth — Not Voting
Dutton — Nay
Huff — Nay
Ashburn — Yea
Benoit — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Nay
Oropeza — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Romero — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wiggins — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wolk — Not Voting
Wyland — Nay
Cogdill — Not Voting
Correa — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Denham — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 8 Yea · 4 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8401
Total 8401
% of votes cast 62%31%0%8%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Nay
Runner — Not Voting
Corbett — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wolk — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Cox — Nay
Denham — Nay

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

Passed 6 Yea · 3 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6203
Republican 0100
Total 6303
% of votes cast 50%25%0%25%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Leno — Yea
Negrete — Not Voting
McLeod — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Aanestad — Nay
Alquist — Yea
Maldonado — Not Voting
Pavley — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cox — Nay
DeSaulnier — Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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AB 244 BEALL Assembly Third Reading

Passed 59 Yea · 32 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 553001
Republican 1200
Total 593201
% of votes cast 64%35%0%1%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
Charles — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Nay
Bill — Nay
Tom — Nay
Garrick — Nay
Hagman — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Nay
Cook — Yea
Duvall — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Nay
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Nay
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Audra — Nay
Miller — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Block — Not Voting
Silva — Nay
Smyth — Nay
Tran — Nay
Villines — Nay
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Beall — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Hill — Yea
Jeffries — Nay
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Coto — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Nay
Yamada — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Gilmore — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
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.

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
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Nay
Duvall — Nay
Krekorian — Yea
Miller — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Price — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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

Passed 16 Yea · 6 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 14504
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 16604
% of votes cast 62%23%0%15%
How each member voted (26)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Conway — Nay
Hall — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Fletcher — Nay
Audra — Nay
De — Not Voting
La — Not Voting
Torre — Not Voting
Gaines — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Nava — Yea
Adams — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Emmerson — Nay
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 244 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. Under existing law, a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy are required to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of severe mental illnesses of a person of any age. Existing law does not define "severe mental illnesses" for this purpose but describes it as including several conditions. This bill would expand this coverage requirement for certain health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2010, to include the diagnosis and treatment of a mental illness of a person of any age and would define mental illness for this purpose as a mental disorder defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual IV. The bill would specify that this requirement does not apply to a health care benefit plan, contract, or health insurance policy with the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System unless the board elects to purchase a plan, contract, or policy that provides mental health coverage. Because this bill would expand coverage requirements for health care service plans, the willful violation of which would be a crime, it 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 AB 244?
AB 244 is sponsored by Beall and Chesbro.
What is the current status of AB 244?
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 AB 244?
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