AB 157 — Small group market: single risk pool: index rate.
Last action — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hernandez.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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3Passed Assembly
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4Passed Senate
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, creates various premium stabilization programs, such as the transitional reinsurance program and the risk adjustment program, to stabilize premiums in the individual market inside and outside of the Exchanges. Under the transitional reinsurance program, contributions are collected from contributing entities to fund reinsurance payments to issuers of nongrandfathered reinsurance-eligible individual and small group market plans and the administrative costs of operating the reinsurance program for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 benefit years. Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government for the purpose of facilitating the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health insurer, on and after October 1, 2013, to fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the insurer's small employer health insurance policies for plan years on or after January 1, 2014, to all small employers in each service area in which the plan provides or arranges for the provision of health care services. Existing law requires an insurer to consider the claims experience of all insureds in all nongrandfathered small employer health benefit plans offered by that insurer in this state as a single risk pool for rating purposes in the small employer market. Existing law requires an insurer to establish, at least each calendar year, and no more frequently than each calendar quarter, an index rate for the small employer market based on the total combined claims costs for providing essential health benefits, as defined, within the single risk pool and requires the index rate to be adjusted on a marketwide basis based on the total expected marketwide payments and charges under the risk adjustment and reinsurance programs established for the state under the federal provisions described above and the Exchange user fees. Existing law requires the premium rate for all of the nongrandfathered small employer health benefit plans within the single risk pool to use the applicable marketwide adjusted index rate, as specified. This bill would delete the reference to the federal transitional reinsurance program in these provisions.
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Action History
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Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Hernandez.
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Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 19).
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1387.)
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Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25).
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Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
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Read first time. To print.
Sponsors
- Wood · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Wood
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"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.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 89% | 0% | 0% | 11% |
How each member voted (9)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| Leyva | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Not Voting |
| Atkins | — | Yea |
| Mitchell | — | Yea |
| Newman | — | Yea |
| Roth | — | Yea |
| Nguyen, Stephanie | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 54 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Democratic | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 76 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (80)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Acosta | — | Yea |
| Bloom | — | Yea |
| Brough | — | Yea |
| Kiley | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| Mathis | — | Yea |
| Mullin | — | Yea |
| O'Donnell | — | Yea |
| Ridley-Thomas | — | Yea |
| Steinorth | — | Yea |
| Voepel | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Eggman | — | Yea |
| Gonzalez Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Frazier | — | Yea |
| Friedman | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Gloria | — | Yea |
| Gomez | — | Yea |
| Harper | — | Yea |
| Holden | — | Yea |
| Gray | — | Yea |
| Jones-Sawyer | — | Yea |
| Bocanegra | — | Yea |
| Rubio | — | Yea |
| Levine | — | Yea |
| Low | — | Yea |
| Mayes | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Medina | — | Yea |
| Chau | — | Yea |
| Baker | — | Yea |
| Chu | — | Yea |
| Chávez | — | Yea |
| Cooley | — | Yea |
| Cooper | — | Yea |
| Melendez | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Obernolte | — | Yea |
| Quirk | — | Yea |
| Rendon | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Thurmond | — | Yea |
| Ting | — | Yea |
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Weber | — | Yea |
| Bigelow | — | Not Voting |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Cunningham | — | Yea |
| Dababneh | — | Yea |
| Daly | — | Yea |
| Cristina Garcia | — | Not Voting |
| Eduardo Garcia | — | Yea |
| Mark Stone | — | Yea |
| Travis Allen | — | Not Voting |
| Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Berman, Marc | Democratic | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Cervantes, Sabrina | Democratic | Yea |
| Fong, Mike | Democratic | Yea |
| Gipson, Mike A. | Democratic | Yea |
| Grayson, Timothy S. | Democratic | Yea |
| Irwin, Jacqui | Democratic | Yea |
| Kalra, Ash | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Muratsuchi, Al | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Reyes, Eloise Gómez | Democratic | Yea |
| Chen, Phillip | Republican | Yea |
| Choi, Steven S. | Republican | Yea |
| Dahle, Megan | Republican | Yea |
| Flora, Heath | Republican | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Lackey, Tom | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Not Voting |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Unaffiliated | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (14)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Waldron | — | Yea |
| Burke | — | Yea |
| Chiu | — | Yea |
| Maienschein | — | Yea |
| McCarty | — | Yea |
| Nazarian | — | Yea |
| Rodriguez | — | Yea |
| Santiago | — | Yea |
| Wood | — | Yea |
| Bonta, Mia | Democratic | Yea |
| Limón, Monique | Democratic | Yea |
| Quirk-Silva, Sharon | Democratic | Yea |
| Gallagher, James | Republican | Yea |
| Patterson, Joe | Republican | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does AB 157 do?
- Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, creates various premium stabilization programs, such as the transitional reinsurance program and the risk adjustment program, to stabilize premiums in the individual market inside and outside of the Exchanges. Under the transitional reinsurance program, contributions are collected from contributing entities to fund reinsurance payments to issuers of nongrandfathered reinsurance-eligible individual and small group market plans and the administrative costs of operating the reinsurance program for the 2014, 2015, and 2016 benefit years. Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government for the purpose of facilitating the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health insurer, on and after October 1, 2013, to fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the insurer's small employer health insurance policies for plan years on or after January 1, 2014, to all small employers in each service area in which the plan provides or arranges for the provision of health care services. Existing law requires an insurer to consider the claims experience of all insureds in all nongrandfathered small employer health benefit plans offered by that insurer in this state as a single risk pool for rating purposes in the small employer market. Existing law requires an insurer to establish, at least each calendar year, and no more frequently than each calendar quarter, an index rate for the small employer market based on the total combined claims costs for providing essential health benefits, as defined, within the single risk pool and requires the index rate to be adjusted on a marketwide basis based on the total expected marketwide payments and charges under the risk adjustment and reinsurance programs established for the state under the federal provisions described above and the Exchange user fees. Existing law requires the premium rate for all of the nongrandfathered small employer health benefit plans within the single risk pool to use the applicable marketwide adjusted index rate, as specified. This bill would delete the reference to the federal transitional reinsurance program in these provisions.
- Who sponsors AB 157?
- AB 157 is sponsored by Wood.
- What is the current status of AB 157?
- This bill died with 2017-2018 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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 157?
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