California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: To Executive

AB 2299 — Medi-Cal: managed care plans: informational materials.

Last action — Vetoed by Governor.

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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 2017-2018 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 establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires the department to notify Medi-Cal beneficiaries, prospective beneficiaries, and members of the public about the program, including the availability of language assistance services and the availability of the grievance procedure. This bill would require the department to ensure that all written health education and informing materials, as defined, in English and those translated into threshold languages by managed care plans or their subcontractors are at or below the equivalent of 6th-grade reading level. The bill would require the department to require managed care plans, as defined, or their subcontractors to conduct, by January 1, 2020, a one-time, targeted community review of informing materials in threshold languages for which a 6th-grade reading level cannot be determined, in order for members to ensure the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of materials in community-based settings, as specified. The bill would exempt material translated by either the department or its contractors, excluding managed care plans, from the targeted-community review. The bill would require the managed care plans to adopt additional readability and suitability standards developed by the community review process, and would require the managed care plans to apply the adopted standards to health education and informing materials developed on or after July 1, 2020. The bill would require managed care plans to report the findings of the community review process, and would require the department to publish those findings and develop recommendations for additional readability and suitability standards based on the findings, as described. The bill would include a statement of legislative findings and declarations.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Vetoed by Governor.

  2. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  3. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 6633.).

  4. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  5. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 5591.).

  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

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

  9. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

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

  11. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27).

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

  14. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 23. Page 5377.)

  17. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5253.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 16).

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 17).

  23. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  25. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  26. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  27. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Chu · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 10 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Chu

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

AB 2299 CHU Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 25 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 391900
Democratic 15001
Republican 0600
Total 542501
% of votes cast 68%31%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Holden — Yea
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Nay
Gloria — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Rivas — Yea
Harper — Nay
Fong — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Voepel — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Daly — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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
Gabriel, Jesse 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 Not Voting
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB2299 Chu By Pan

Passed 27 Yea · 11 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 221102
Democratic 5000
Total 271102
% of votes cast 68%28%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Anderson — Nay
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Roth — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Delgado — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Allen — Yea
Hill — Yea
De León — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Chang — Nay
Portantino — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wilk — Not Voting
Fuller — Nay
Galgiani — Yea
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Hill — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Portantino — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Beall — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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AB 2299 CHU Assembly Third Reading

Passed 53 Yea · 23 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 381801
Democratic 15000
Republican 0501
Total 532302
% of votes cast 68%29%0%3%
How each member voted (78)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Kamlager-Dove — Yea
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Thurmond — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gray — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Fong — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Rubio — Not Voting
Harper — Nay
Baker — Nay
Chávez — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Eggman — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
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
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 Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 9400
Democratic 3000
Republican 0100
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Fong — Nay
Chau — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay

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

Passed 11 Yea · 4 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 3000
Unaffiliated 8300
Republican 0100
Total 11400
% of votes cast 73%27%0%0%
How each member voted (15)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Santiago — Yea
Burke — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Wood — Yea
Waldron — Nay
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Nay

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2299 do?
Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, administered by the State Department of Health Care Services, under which health care services are provided to qualified, low-income persons. The Medi-Cal program is, in part, governed and funded by federal Medicaid Program provisions. Existing law requires the department to notify Medi-Cal beneficiaries, prospective beneficiaries, and members of the public about the program, including the availability of language assistance services and the availability of the grievance procedure. This bill would require the department to ensure that all written health education and informing materials, as defined, in English and those translated into threshold languages by managed care plans or their subcontractors are at or below the equivalent of 6th-grade reading level. The bill would require the department to require managed care plans, as defined, or their subcontractors to conduct, by January 1, 2020, a one-time, targeted community review of informing materials in threshold languages for which a 6th-grade reading level cannot be determined, in order for members to ensure the cultural and linguistic appropriateness of materials in community-based settings, as specified. The bill would exempt material translated by either the department or its contractors, excluding managed care plans, from the targeted-community review. The bill would require the managed care plans to adopt additional readability and suitability standards developed by the community review process, and would require the managed care plans to apply the adopted standards to health education and informing materials developed on or after July 1, 2020. The bill would require managed care plans to report the findings of the community review process, and would require the department to publish those findings and develop recommendations for additional readability and suitability standards based on the findings, as described. The bill would include a statement of legislative findings and declarations.
Who sponsors AB 2299?
AB 2299 is sponsored by Chu.
What is the current status of AB 2299?
This bill died with 2017-2018 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 2299?
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