AB 929 — California Health Benefit Exchange: data collection.

Summary

Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law prescribes the duties of the board of the Exchange, including requiring a health plan seeking certification as a qualified health plan to submit specified data to the board. This bill would require the board, if it requires or has previously required a qualified health plan to report on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, or disparity reductions, to make public plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions. The bill would require the board to post that data and information to the internet website of the Exchange no less than annually and in a way that demonstrates the compliance and performance of a health plan, but protects the personal information of an enrollee. The bill would require a qualified health plan to provide enrollee data and other information on quality measures to the board, as specified, and would require information to be provided by product type. The bill would exempt Exchange records that reveal specified claims and rate data from disclosure under the California Public Records Act. The bill would delete an existing requirement that the portion of a contract or amendment containing rates of payment be open to inspection 3 years after the contract or amendment is open to inspection. The bill would also require the board to engage in health oversight activities relating to Exchange operations, including audits, investigations, evaluations, analyses, data collection through routine reporting, and any other activities for oversight of the Exchange, including qualified health plan contracts with health care service plans and health insurers. 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 10/12/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 12, 2019
• Enrolled 09/11/19 - Enrolled pdf September 11, 2019
• Amended 08/30/19 - Amended Senate pdf August 30, 2019
• Amended 07/02/19 - Amended Senate pdf July 02, 2019
• Amended 06/20/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 20, 2019
• Amended 06/11/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 11, 2019
• Introduced 02/20/19 - Introduced pdf February 20, 2019
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Action History

1. October 12, 2019

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 812, Statutes of 2019.

2. October 12, 2019

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 13, 2019

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

4. September 09, 2019

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3130.).

5. September 05, 2019

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. September 04, 2019

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2527.).

7. September 03, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

8. August 30, 2019

   Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

9. August 13, 2019

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

10. August 12, 2019

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

11. July 02, 2019

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

12. July 01, 2019

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26).

13. June 20, 2019

    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. June 17, 2019

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

15. June 11, 2019

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

16. May 16, 2019

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

17. May 06, 2019

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

18. May 06, 2019

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1507.)

19. April 25, 2019

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

20. April 24, 2019

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 24).

21. March 27, 2019

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

22. March 04, 2019

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

23. February 21, 2019

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

24. February 20, 2019

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Robert Rivas · Primary

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