SB 946 is sponsored by Alquist, Ammiano, Beall, Butler, Mitchell, Portantino, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Vince Fong, Dickinson, Eng, Evans, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Pavley, Steinberg, Williams, Wolk, Yamada, and Padilla, Stephen C. (Democratic).

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California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

SB 946 — Health care coverage: mental illness: pervasive developmental disorder or autism: public health.

Last action October 09, 2011 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2011.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

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Odds of enactment

High

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Current position in the legislative process.
21 sponsors

1 primary, 20 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 11 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law 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 benefits for specified conditions, including certain mental health conditions. This bill, effective July 1, 2012, would require those health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, except as specified, to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment, as defined, for pervasive developmental disorder or autism. The bill would provide, however, that no benefits are required to be provided that exceed the essential health benefits that will be required under specified federal law. Because a violation of these provisions with respect to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. These provisions would be inoperative July 1, 2014, and repealed on January 1, 2015. The bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care, in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, to convene an Autism Advisory Task Force by February 1, 2012, to provide assistance to the department on topics related to behavioral health treatment and to develop recommendations relating to the education, training, and experience requirements to secure licensure from the state. The bill would require the department to submit a report of the Task Force to the Governor and specified members of the Legislature by December 31, 2012. Existing law establishes various communicable disease prevention and control programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions and requires health care providers and laboratories to report cases of HIV infection to the local health officer using patient names and sets guidelines regarding these reports. Existing law requires the local health officers to report unduplicated HIV cases by name to the department. This bill would authorize the department to revise the HIV reporting form without the adoption of a regulation, as specified. Under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, the State Department of Mental Health administers the provision of funds to counties for community mental health services programs. Existing law also permits counties to receive, under certain circumstances, Medi-Cal reimbursement for mental health services. Under existing law, negotiated net amounts or rates are used as the cost of services in contracts between the state and the county and between the county and a subprovider of services. Existing law establishes the method for computing negotiated rates. Existing law prohibits the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving service from a county mental health program from exceeding the actual or negotiated cost of the services. This bill would only allow the use of negotiated net amounts as the cost of services in a contract between the state and a county and the county and a subprovider of services, and would eliminate the use of negotiated rates. The bill would also specify that the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving a service from a county mental health program shall not exceed the actual cost of the service. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services promulgates regulations for determining reimbursement of Short-Doyle mental health services allowable under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Health Care Services to jointly develop a ratesetting methodology for use in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system that maximizes federal funding and utilizes, as much as practicable, federal Medicare reimbursement principles. Existing law requires that this ratesetting methodology contain incentives relating to economy and efficiency. The bill would delete the requirement that the ratesetting methodology in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system include incentives relating to economy and efficiency. 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

Chaptered 10/09/11 - Chaptered Current pdf October 09, 2011
Enrolled 09/14/11 - Enrolled pdf September 14, 2011
Amended 09/09/11 - Amended Assembly pdf September 09, 2011
Amended 09/06/11 - Amended Assembly pdf September 06, 2011
Amended 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly pdf September 02, 2011
Amended 05/10/11 - Amended Senate pdf May 10, 2011
Introduced 03/31/11 - Introduced pdf March 31, 2011
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Action History

October 09, 2011
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 650, Statutes of 2011.
October 09, 2011
Approved by the Governor.
September 16, 2011
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
September 09, 2011
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 4. Page 2480.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
September 09, 2011
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 2498.)
September 09, 2011
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2457.) Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
September 09, 2011
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.
September 09, 2011
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
September 09, 2011
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 3180.) Ordered to the Senate.
September 09, 2011
Consent granted to take up without reference to file.
September 09, 2011
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
September 08, 2011
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (September 8).
September 08, 2011
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 3036.)
September 07, 2011
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (September 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
September 06, 2011
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
September 06, 2011
Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2940.)
September 06, 2011
Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
September 02, 2011
Ordered to third reading.
September 02, 2011
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2822.)
August 31, 2011
Ordered to third reading.
August 31, 2011
Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed, and ordered to Senate.
August 30, 2011
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
August 30, 2011
Ordered to the Assembly.
August 30, 2011
Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
August 25, 2011
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
August 25, 2011
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2597.) Ordered to the Senate.
August 22, 2011
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
August 18, 2011
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17).
July 06, 2011
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 13, 2011
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
June 02, 2011
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
June 02, 2011
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1281.) Ordered to the Assembly.
May 31, 2011
Ordered to special consent calendar.
May 24, 2011
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 23, 2011
From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
May 13, 2011
Set for hearing May 23.
May 10, 2011
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
May 09, 2011
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 886.) (May 4).
April 21, 2011
Set for hearing May 4.
April 07, 2011
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
April 01, 2011
From printer. May be acted upon on or after May 1.
March 31, 2011
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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Not signed on (101)

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Votes

W/O REF. TO FILE SB946 Steinberg Concurrence

September 10, 2011

Passed 25 Yea · 4 Nay · 11 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	23	4	0	10
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	25	4	0	11
% of votes cast	63%	10%	0%	28%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Not Voting
Wyland	—	Not Voting
Cannella	—	Not Voting
Evans	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
De León	—	Yea
Negrete McLeod	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Runner	—	Not Voting
Harman	—	Not Voting
Anderson	—	Nay
Blakeslee	—	Not Voting
Dutton	—	Not Voting
Huff	—	Nay
Kehoe	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Walters	—	Nay
Wolk	—	Yea
Wright	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Not Voting
Correa	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Not Voting
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Not Voting
La Malfa	—	Nay
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Not Voting

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SB 946 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BEALL

September 09, 2011

Passed 52 Yea · 21 Nay · 7 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	51	19	0	7
Republican	0	2	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	52	21	0	7
% of votes cast	65%	26%	0%	9%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Gorell	—	Not Voting
Hall	—	Yea
Butler	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Gordon	—	Yea
Campos	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
John A. Pérez	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Knight	—	Nay
Fletcher	—	Nay
Beall	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Nay
Davis	—	Yea
Dickinson	—	Yea
Logue	—	Nay
Mendoza	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Nay
Pan	—	Yea
Perea	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Nay
Solorio	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Valadao	—	Nay
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Not Voting
Halderman	—	Nay
Jeffries	—	Nay
Cook	—	Not Voting
Donnelly	—	Nay
Morrell	—	Nay
Norby	—	Nay
Olsen	—	Not Voting
Achadjian	—	Not Voting
Alejo	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Not Voting
Hill	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mansoor	—	Nay
Miller	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Nay
Silva	—	Nay
Skinner	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Nay
Eng	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Nay
Yamada	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Nay
Bill Berryhill	—	Not Voting
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

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From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in.

September 09, 2011

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	1	0	2
Total	6	1	0	2
% of votes cast	67%	11%	0%	22%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Runner	—	Not Voting
Kehoe	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Walters	—	Nay
Alquist	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Not Voting

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Do pass as amended.

September 08, 2011

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	5	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	12	5	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Hall	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Nay
Campos	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Norby	—	Nay
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Nay
Solorio	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Nay
Donnelly	—	Nay
Fuentes	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea

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

September 07, 2011

Passed 13 Yea · 5 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	13	5	0	1
Total	13	5	0	1
% of votes cast	68%	26%	0%	5%

How each member voted (19)

Member	Party	Vote
Eng	—	Yea
Gordon	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Logue	—	Nay
Monning	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Nay
Silva	—	Nay
Smyth	—	Not Voting
Hayashi	—	Yea
Mansoor	—	Nay
Pan	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea

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SB 946 HEALTH Senate Third Reading Amend By MONNING Set #1

September 02, 2011

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Republican	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	71	0	0	6
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	74	0	0	6
% of votes cast	93%	0%	0%	8%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Butler	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
John A. Pérez	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Alejo	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Olsen	—	Yea
Perea	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Valadao	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Gordon	—	Yea
Gorell	—	Not Voting
Halderman	—	Not Voting
Hall	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Not Voting
Knight	—	Yea
Campos	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Donnelly	—	Not Voting
Monning	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Norby	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Achadjian	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mansoor	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Davis	—	Not Voting
Dickinson	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Not Voting
Garrick	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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SB 946 HEALTH Consent Calendar Second Day

August 25, 2011

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	75	0	0	2
Republican	2	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	78	0	0	2
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Gorell	—	Not Voting
Halderman	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
John A. Pérez	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Gordon	—	Yea
Hagman	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Butler	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Campos	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Jeffries	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Knight	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Mendoza	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Chesbro	—	Yea
Conway	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Donnelly	—	Yea
Miller	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Olsen	—	Yea
Perea	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Torres	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Not Voting
Fuentes	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Achadjian	—	Yea
Alejo	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Mansoor	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Norby	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Valadao	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Cook	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Dickinson	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

August 17, 2011

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	16	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	17	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Fuentes	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Norby	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Hall	—	Yea
Campos	—	Yea
Donnelly	—	Yea
Solorio	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

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

July 05, 2011

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	18	0	0	1
Total	18	0	0	1
% of votes cast	95%	0%	0%	5%

How each member voted (19)

Member	Party	Vote
Gordon	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Not Voting
Monning	—	Yea
Nestande	—	Yea
Silva	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Logue	—	Yea
Mansoor	—	Yea
Garrick	—	Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea

Official roll call →

Special Consent #4 SB946 Committee on Health

June 02, 2011

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	36	0	0	1
Republican	1	0	0	0
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Total	39	0	0	1
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Yee	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
Wyland	—	Yea
Lowenthal	—	Yea
De León	—	Yea
Evans	—	Yea
Negrete McLeod	—	Yea
Fuller	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Hancock	—	Yea
Runner	—	Not Voting
Hernandez	—	Yea
Huff	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Dutton	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Harman	—	Yea
Leno	—	Yea
Pavley	—	Yea
Wright	—	Yea
Cannella	—	Yea
Corbett	—	Yea
Emmerson	—	Yea
Correa	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Yea
Bill Berryhill	—	Yea
La Malfa	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Padilla, Stephen C.	Democratic	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

May 04, 2011

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	9	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
De León	—	Yea
Anderson	—	Yea
DeSaulnier	—	Yea
Wolk	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Yea
Hernandez	—	Yea
Strickland, Tony	Republican	Yea

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Subjects

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What does SB 946 do?: Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law 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 benefits for specified conditions, including certain mental health conditions. This bill, effective July 1, 2012, would require those health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, except as specified, to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment, as defined, for pervasive developmental disorder or autism. The bill would provide, however, that no benefits are required to be provided that exceed the essential health benefits that will be required under specified federal law. Because a violation of these provisions with respect to health care service plans would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. These provisions would be inoperative July 1, 2014, and repealed on January 1, 2015. The bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care, in conjunction with the Department of Insurance, to convene an Autism Advisory Task Force by February 1, 2012, to provide assistance to the department on topics related to behavioral health treatment and to develop recommendations relating to the education, training, and experience requirements to secure licensure from the state. The bill would require the department to submit a report of the Task Force to the Governor and specified members of the Legislature by December 31, 2012. Existing law establishes various communicable disease prevention and control programs. Existing law requires the State Department of Public Health to establish a list of reportable diseases and conditions and requires health care providers and laboratories to report cases of HIV infection to the local health officer using patient names and sets guidelines regarding these reports. Existing law requires the local health officers to report unduplicated HIV cases by name to the department. This bill would authorize the department to revise the HIV reporting form without the adoption of a regulation, as specified. Under the Bronzan-McCorquodale Act, the State Department of Mental Health administers the provision of funds to counties for community mental health services programs. Existing law also permits counties to receive, under certain circumstances, Medi-Cal reimbursement for mental health services. Under existing law, negotiated net amounts or rates are used as the cost of services in contracts between the state and the county and between the county and a subprovider of services. Existing law establishes the method for computing negotiated rates. Existing law prohibits the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving service from a county mental health program from exceeding the actual or negotiated cost of the services. This bill would only allow the use of negotiated net amounts as the cost of services in a contract between the state and a county and the county and a subprovider of services, and would eliminate the use of negotiated rates. The bill would also specify that the charges for the care and treatment of each patient receiving a service from a county mental health program shall not exceed the actual cost of the service. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which basic health care services are provided to qualified low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid provisions. Under existing law, the State Department of Health Care Services promulgates regulations for determining reimbursement of Short-Doyle mental health services allowable under the Medi-Cal program. Existing law requires the State Department of Mental Health and the State Department of Health Care Services to jointly develop a ratesetting methodology for use in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system that maximizes federal funding and utilizes, as much as practicable, federal Medicare reimbursement principles. Existing law requires that this ratesetting methodology contain incentives relating to economy and efficiency. The bill would delete the requirement that the ratesetting methodology in the Short-Doyle Medi-Cal system include incentives relating to economy and efficiency. 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 946?: SB 946 is sponsored by Alquist, Ammiano, Beall, Butler, Mitchell, Portantino, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Vince Fong, Dickinson, Eng, Evans, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Pavley, Steinberg, Williams, Wolk, Yamada, and Padilla, Stephen C. (Democratic).
What is the current status of SB 946?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 31, 2011. Enacted.
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Identifier: SB 946
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2011-2012 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: March 31, 2011
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Steinberg

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W/O REF. TO FILE SB946 Steinberg Concurrence

SB 946 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By BEALL

From committee: That the Assembly Amendments be concurred in.

Do pass as amended.

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

SB 946 HEALTH Senate Third Reading Amend By MONNING Set #1

SB 946 HEALTH Consent Calendar Second Day

Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

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

Special Consent #4 SB946 Committee on Health

Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

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