California 2009-2010 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1541 — Health care coverage.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2009.

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2009. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law, the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, requires a group health plan to permit an eligible person to enroll for coverage under the plan if the person's coverage under Medicaid or under a state child health plan was terminated, as specified, and the person applies for coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after that termination. 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 plans and insurers to exclude late enrollees from group health care coverage for a specified period of time. Existing law defines a "late enrollee" as an eligible employee or dependent who has declined health coverage under a health benefit plan offered through employment or sponsored by an employer at the time of the initial enrollment period provided under the terms of the health benefit plan and who subsequently requests enrollment in that plan. Existing law provides that a late enrollee does not include an individual, or his or her dependent, who has lost or will lose Healthy Families Program coverage, as specified, or no share-of-cost Medi-Cal coverage and who requests enrollment within 30 days after termination of coverage or notification of the loss of coverage, as specified. This bill would define late enrollee to exclude an individual, or dependent, who has lost or will lose Healthy Families Program coverage, Access for Infants and Mothers Program coverage, or Medi-Cal program coverage and who requests enrollment within 60 days after termination of that coverage. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements with respect 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. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 542, Statutes of 2009.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3106.)

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 2103.)

  7. Read second time. To third reading.

  8. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  9. (Corrected September 8.)

  10. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  11. From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 15).

  12. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  13. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  14. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  15. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  16. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  18. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  20. Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1754.)

  21. Read second time. To third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20).

  23. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  25. From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (May 12).

  26. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.

  28. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  29. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  30. From printer. May be heard in committee April 4.

  31. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Health · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Health

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1541 HEALTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments By JONES

Passed 91 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 85000
Democratic 3000
Republican 3000
Total 91000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (91)
Member Party Vote
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Bill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Charles — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Ruskin — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
V. — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Coto — Yea
Davis — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Bass — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nava — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Assembly 3rd Reading AB1541 Committee on HEALTH (Jones) By Alquist

Passed 35 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 32006
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 35006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (41)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Not Voting
Hancock — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Harman — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Runner — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Yea
Price — Not Voting
DeSaulnier — Not Voting
Ducheny — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Wright — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Benoit — Not Voting
Hollingsworth — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Romero — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
Denham — Yea
Florez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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AB 1541 HEALTH Assembly Third Reading By JONES

Passed 91 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 83001
Republican 3000
Democratic 5000
Total 91001
% of votes cast 99%0%0%1%
How each member voted (92)
Member Party Vote
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Perez — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Salas — Yea
Saldana — Yea
Audra — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Nestande — Not Voting
Ruskin — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Tran — Yea
Villines — Yea
Bass — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Bill — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Tom — Yea
Berryhill — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Charles — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
Bonnie — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Cook — Yea
Coto — Yea
Duvall — Yea
Krekorian — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nava — Yea
Adams — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Logue — Yea
Ma — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Price — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torrico — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Evans — Yea
Davis — Yea
DeVore — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gilmore — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Fong, Mike Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Niello, Roger W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 20 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18001
Democratic 1000
Republican 1000
Total 20001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (21)
Member Party Vote
Fuentes — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Charles — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
John — Yea
A. — Yea
Perez — Yea
Audra — Yea
Miller — Not Voting
Duvall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Price — Yea
Davis — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar.

Passed 25 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 23000
Republican 2000
Total 25000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Conway — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
De — Yea
La — Yea
Torre — Yea
De — Yea
Leon — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gaines — Yea
V. — Yea
Manuel — Yea
Block — Yea
Nava — Yea
Perez — Yea
Salas — Yea
Audra — Yea
Adams — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Carter — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1541 do?
Existing law, the federal Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, requires a group health plan to permit an eligible person to enroll for coverage under the plan if the person's coverage under Medicaid or under a state child health plan was terminated, as specified, and the person applies for coverage under the group health plan not later than 60 days after that termination. 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 plans and insurers to exclude late enrollees from group health care coverage for a specified period of time. Existing law defines a "late enrollee" as an eligible employee or dependent who has declined health coverage under a health benefit plan offered through employment or sponsored by an employer at the time of the initial enrollment period provided under the terms of the health benefit plan and who subsequently requests enrollment in that plan. Existing law provides that a late enrollee does not include an individual, or his or her dependent, who has lost or will lose Healthy Families Program coverage, as specified, or no share-of-cost Medi-Cal coverage and who requests enrollment within 30 days after termination of coverage or notification of the loss of coverage, as specified. This bill would define late enrollee to exclude an individual, or dependent, who has lost or will lose Healthy Families Program coverage, Access for Infants and Mothers Program coverage, or Medi-Cal program coverage and who requests enrollment within 60 days after termination of that coverage. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements with respect 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 AB 1541?
AB 1541 is sponsored by Committee on Health.
What is the current status of AB 1541?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 04, 2009. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1541?
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