California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1526 — California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 855, Statutes of 2012.

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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 January 19, 2012. 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 9 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) that is administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) to provide major risk medical coverage to residents who have been rejected for coverage by at least one private health plan, as specified. Existing law creates the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates the fund to MRMIB for the purposes of MRMIP. Existing law requires MRMIB to establish program contribution amounts for each category of risk for each participating health plan and requires that these amounts be based on the average amount of subsidy funds required for the program as a whole, to be determined in a specified manner. Existing law authorizes participating health plans to charge subscriber contributions that do not exceed the difference between its plan rate and the program contribution amounts for a category of risk. Existing law requires the program to pay program contribution amounts to participating health plans from the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund. This bill would, for the period commencing January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013, inclusive, additionally authorize the program to further subsidize subscriber contributions based on a specified percentage of the standard average individual risk rate for comparable coverage, as specified. The bill would prohibit the amount of any subsidy provided to subscribers from affecting the calculation of premiums for certain products. Because the bill removes a restriction limiting the expenditure of money available under an existing appropriation from a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also provide that if regulations are adopted and readopted, those regulations by MRMIB to implement the changes made to MRMIP enacted by this bill are deemed to be an emergency and the bill would exempt MRMIB from describing facts showing the need for immediate action and from review by the Office of Administrative Law.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 855, Statutes of 2012.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 6. Page 6690.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 5024.).

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. From committee: Return to Senate floor for consideration. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 29).

  9. From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  10. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  13. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  14. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).

  15. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  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. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5101.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  23. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 1.) (May 25).

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

  25. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (March 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  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. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  29. From printer. May be heard in committee February 19.

  30. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Monning · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 3 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Monning

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 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

AB 1526 MONNING Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 71 Yea · 6 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 0200
Unaffiliated 70403
Democratic 1000
Total 71603
% of votes cast 89%8%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Carter — Yea
Fong — Yea
Cook — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Allen — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Campos — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Halderman — Nay
Harkey — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huber — Yea
Hueso — Not Voting
Jeffries — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Knight — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Not Voting
Miller — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nestande — Yea
Norby — Yea
Pan — Yea
Silva — Nay
Skinner — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Lara — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Not Voting
Olsen — Yea
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Williams — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
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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3rd Reading AB1526 Monning By Alquist

Passed 33 Yea · 3 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30304
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 33304
% of votes cast 83%8%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Harman — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Huff — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Anderson — Nay
Blakeslee — Not Voting
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Not Voting
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Liu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5200
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Nay
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Walters — Nay

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Dutton — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8001
Total 8001
% of votes cast 89%0%0%11%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
De León — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Harman — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea

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AB 1526 MONNING Assembly Third Reading

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 72005
Republican 2000
Democratic 1000
Total 75005
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Hagman — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Fong — Yea
Carter — Yea
Allen — Yea
Logue — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Williams — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Campos — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Fletcher — Not Voting
Halderman — Not Voting
Hall — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Not Voting
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Norby — Yea
Silva — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Not Voting
Wagner — Yea
Eng — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — 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

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended.

Passed 16 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15100
Democratic 1000
Total 16100
% of votes cast 94%6%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Gatto — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Lara — Yea
Norby — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Ammiano — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

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

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 18001
Total 18001
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (19)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Logue — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Silva — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Torres — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Pan — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1526 do?
Existing law establishes the California Major Risk Medical Insurance Program (MRMIP) that is administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board (MRMIB) to provide major risk medical coverage to residents who have been rejected for coverage by at least one private health plan, as specified. Existing law creates the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund and continuously appropriates the fund to MRMIB for the purposes of MRMIP. Existing law requires MRMIB to establish program contribution amounts for each category of risk for each participating health plan and requires that these amounts be based on the average amount of subsidy funds required for the program as a whole, to be determined in a specified manner. Existing law authorizes participating health plans to charge subscriber contributions that do not exceed the difference between its plan rate and the program contribution amounts for a category of risk. Existing law requires the program to pay program contribution amounts to participating health plans from the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund. This bill would, for the period commencing January 1, 2013, to December 31, 2013, inclusive, additionally authorize the program to further subsidize subscriber contributions based on a specified percentage of the standard average individual risk rate for comparable coverage, as specified. The bill would prohibit the amount of any subsidy provided to subscribers from affecting the calculation of premiums for certain products. Because the bill removes a restriction limiting the expenditure of money available under an existing appropriation from a continuously appropriated fund, the bill would make an appropriation. The bill would also provide that if regulations are adopted and readopted, those regulations by MRMIB to implement the changes made to MRMIP enacted by this bill are deemed to be an emergency and the bill would exempt MRMIB from describing facts showing the need for immediate action and from review by the Office of Administrative Law.
Who sponsors AB 1526?
AB 1526 is sponsored by Monning.
What is the current status of AB 1526?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 19, 2012. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1526?
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