California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Passed Senate

SB 175 — Health care coverage.

Last action — Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis.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 Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care market reforms. 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 and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law requires a health care service plan that issues, sells, renews, or offers plan contracts for health care coverage in the state to comply with the requirements of the PPACA, and any rules or regulations issued under the PPACA, that generally prohibit a health plan offering group or individual coverage from imposing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for a participant or beneficiary. Existing law requires a plan to comply with those provisions to the extent required by federal law. This bill would delete the requirement that a plan comply with the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits to the extent required by federal law, and would instead prohibit an individual or group health care service plan contract from establishing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee, thereby indefinitely extending the prohibitions on lifetime or annual limits, except as specified. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  2. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  3. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3149.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  5. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  6. Set for hearing January 21.

  7. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3100.) (January 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  8. Set for hearing January 15.

  9. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  13. Ordered to second reading.

  14. From inactive file.

  15. Ordered to inactive file on request of Senator Pan.

  16. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  17. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1091.) (May 16).

  18. Set for hearing May 16.

  19. May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  20. Set for hearing May 13.

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 845.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. Set for hearing April 24.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on GOV. & F. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 714.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

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

  25. Set for hearing April 10.

  26. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and GOV. & F.

  27. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.

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

Sponsors

  • Pan · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Pan

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

3rd Reading

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 26000
Democratic 10000
Republican 3000
Total 39000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Beall — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hill — Yea
Roth — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Borgeas — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Chang — Yea
Pan — Yea
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass

Passed 4 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4100
Republican 0100
Total 4200
% of votes cast 67%33%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 6 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 1000
Unaffiliated 5000
Total 6000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (6)
Member Party Vote
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Bates — Yea
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governance and Finance]

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Democratic 1001
Republican 0001
Total 6102
% of votes cast 67%11%0%22%
How each member voted (9)
Member Party Vote
Rubio — Yea
Monning — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Pan — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mark Stone — Nay
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Not Voting

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 175 do?
Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care market reforms. 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 and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law requires a health care service plan that issues, sells, renews, or offers plan contracts for health care coverage in the state to comply with the requirements of the PPACA, and any rules or regulations issued under the PPACA, that generally prohibit a health plan offering group or individual coverage from imposing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for a participant or beneficiary. Existing law requires a plan to comply with those provisions to the extent required by federal law. This bill would delete the requirement that a plan comply with the prohibition on lifetime or annual limits to the extent required by federal law, and would instead prohibit an individual or group health care service plan contract from establishing lifetime or annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for an enrollee, thereby indefinitely extending the prohibitions on lifetime or annual limits, except as specified. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors SB 175?
SB 175 is sponsored by Pan.
What is the current status of SB 175?
This bill died with 2019-2020 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” 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 SB 175?
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