California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: In Committee

AB 2239 — Health care: physician loan repayment.

Last action — Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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    Introduced
  2. 2
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 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. Existing law creates the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund, into which certain fines and penalties paid by health care service plans are deposited. Under existing law, $1,000,000 is annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to repay the loans of physicians in medically underserved areas through the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program. Existing law requires participants in the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program to have full-time status in an eligible practice setting. Existing law defines "practice setting," for purposes of the program, to include a community clinic, a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that is located in a medically underserved area and at least 50% of whose patients are from a medically underserved population, or a physician owned and operated medical practice setting that provides primary care located in a medically underserved area and has a minimum of 50% of patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, or beneficiaries of another publicly funded program. This bill would instead require $2,000,000 to be annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians. The bill would define "practice setting" to additionally include a program or facility operated by, or contracted to, a county mental health plan.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  3. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  4. From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  5. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Maienschein · Primary
  • Chiu · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 120 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Maienschein

Co-sponsors (1)

  • Chiu

Not signed on (120)

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2239 do?
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. Existing law creates the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund, into which certain fines and penalties paid by health care service plans are deposited. Under existing law, $1,000,000 is annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to repay the loans of physicians in medically underserved areas through the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program. Existing law requires participants in the Steven M. Thompson Physician Corps Loan Repayment Program to have full-time status in an eligible practice setting. Existing law defines "practice setting," for purposes of the program, to include a community clinic, a clinic owned or operated by a public hospital and health system, or a clinic owned and operated by a hospital that is located in a medically underserved area and at least 50% of whose patients are from a medically underserved population, or a physician owned and operated medical practice setting that provides primary care located in a medically underserved area and has a minimum of 50% of patients who are uninsured, Medi-Cal beneficiaries, or beneficiaries of another publicly funded program. This bill would instead require $2,000,000 to be annually transferred from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund to the Medically Underserved Account for Physicians. The bill would define "practice setting" to additionally include a program or facility operated by, or contracted to, a county mental health plan.
Who sponsors AB 2239?
AB 2239 is sponsored by Maienschein and Chiu.
What is the current status of AB 2239?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “In Committee” 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 2239?
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