SB 1192 — Firefighters', police officers', or peace officers' benefit and relief associations.

Summary

Existing law generally provides for the regulation of insurers by the Department of Insurance pursuant to laws set forth in the Insurance Code. Existing law authorizes the Insurance Commissioner to make certain examinations, investigations, and prosecutions and, upon making a determination of the existence of certain conduct, conditions, or grounds, to issue orders reasonably necessary to correct, eliminate, or remedy the conduct, conditions, or grounds. Existing law exempts from the requirements set forth in the Insurance Code firefighters', police officers', and peace officers' benefit and relief associations that comply with specified criteria, including, among other things, a requirement that the membership consist solely of certain state or local peace or law enforcement officers, members of police or fire departments, and emergency medical personnel employed by fire departments, as specified. Existing law prohibits an association from operating or doing business in the state without a certificate of authority. This bill would specify that the laws governing those associations apply only to the extent not preempted by the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) . The bill would require an association that holds a certificate of authority and that issues long-term disability or long-term care policies or contracts to submit to the commissioner the opinion of a qualified actuary no later than July 1, 2021, as to whether the reserves and related actuarial items that support the policies or contracts issued are expected to be adequate to satisfy contractual provisions, are based on reasonable assumptions, and are based on specified actuarial standards. The bill would, after the filing of the initial opinion, require those associations to file a new opinion no more than 4 years after the date of its last opinion on file with the commissioner. The bill would require an association seeking a certificate of authority to file an opinion that establishes that it would have adequate resources to provide benefits as required to satisfy its proposed contractual obligations. The bill would prohibit disclosure, as specified, of the information submitted by a company pursuant to these provisions and in the possession or control of the department. The bill would require an association that self-funds all or part of its benefits to include a specified disclosure in all contracts that are not regulated by the department and in certificates evidencing coverage under those contracts. The bill would also require an association that holds a certificate of authority and that issues long-term disability or long-term care policies or contracts to, upon written request from a member, make available to that member the contract for benefits, certificate evidencing coverage, or other plan document that describes the benefits being provided to that member, within 30 days of the request. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/30/20 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2020
• Enrolled 09/04/20 - Enrolled pdf September 04, 2020
• Amended 05/26/20 - Amended Senate pdf May 26, 2020
• Amended 05/11/20 - Amended Senate pdf May 11, 2020
• Amended 03/25/20 - Amended Senate pdf March 25, 2020
• Introduced 02/20/20 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2020
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Action History

1. September 30, 2020

   Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 365, Statutes of 2020.

2. September 30, 2020

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 10, 2020

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

4. August 30, 2020

   In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

5. August 30, 2020

   Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5282.) Ordered to the Senate.

6. August 19, 2020

   Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

7. August 18, 2020

   From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 18).

8. August 11, 2020

   From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

9. July 27, 2020

   July 29 hearing postponed by committee.

10. June 18, 2020

    Referred to Com. on INS.

11. June 11, 2020

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

12. June 11, 2020

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3678.) Ordered to the Assembly.

13. June 10, 2020

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

14. June 09, 2020

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3663.) (June 9).

15. June 03, 2020

    Set for hearing June 9.

16. June 02, 2020

    Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.

17. May 26, 2020

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

18. May 26, 2020

    Set for hearing June 1.

19. May 14, 2020

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3540.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

20. May 11, 2020

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.

21. May 11, 2020

    Re-referred to Com. on INS.

22. May 11, 2020

    Set for hearing May 14 in INS. pending receipt.

23. March 25, 2020

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

24. March 05, 2020

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

25. February 21, 2020

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

26. February 20, 2020

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

• Bradford · Primary

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