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AB 1982 is sponsored by Santiago.

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California 2021-2022 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 1982 — Telehealth: dental care.

Last action September 25, 2022 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2022.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2022. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
1 sponsor

1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 8 recorded votes so far.

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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, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires contract between a health care service plan or health insurer and a health care provider to require the plan or insurer to reimburse the provider for the diagnosis, consultation, or treatment of an enrollee, subscriber, insured, or policyholder appropriately delivered through telehealth services on the same basis and to the same extent as the same service through in-person diagnosis, consultation, or treatment. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer that offers a service via telehealth to meet specified conditions, including, that the health care service plan or health insurer disclose to the enrollee or insured the availability of receiving the service on an in-person basis or via telehealth. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer covering dental services that offers a service via telehealth through a third-party corporate telehealth provider, as defined, to disclose to the enrollee or insured the impact of third-party telehealth visits on the patient's benefit limitations, including frequency limitations and the patient's annual maximum. The bill would also require those plans and insurers to submit specified information for each product type. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements relative to health care service plans 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

Chaptered 09/25/22 - Chaptered Current pdf September 25, 2022
Enrolled 09/02/22 - Enrolled pdf September 02, 2022
Amended 08/23/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 23, 2022
Amended 08/01/22 - Amended Senate pdf August 01, 2022
Amended 06/16/22 - Amended Senate pdf June 16, 2022
Amended 04/19/22 - Amended Assembly pdf April 19, 2022
Introduced 02/10/22 - Introduced pdf February 10, 2022
AB1982 View text html

Action History

September 25, 2022
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2022.
September 25, 2022
Approved by the Governor.
September 13, 2022
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
August 31, 2022
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).
August 31, 2022
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
August 31, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5367.).
August 30, 2022
Ordered to special consent calendar.
August 24, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 23, 2022
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 11, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 11, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11).
August 08, 2022
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
August 01, 2022
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 30, 2022
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 29).
June 16, 2022
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
June 08, 2022
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
May 26, 2022
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 25, 2022
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5009.)
May 19, 2022
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 19, 2022
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 19).
May 19, 2022
Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4736.)
May 18, 2022
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
April 20, 2022
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 19, 2022
Read second time and amended.
April 18, 2022
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 5).
March 29, 2022
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
March 17, 2022
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
February 18, 2022
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
February 11, 2022
From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
February 10, 2022
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Santiago

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1982 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 01, 2022

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	32	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	2
Republican	9	0	0	0
Total	78	0	0	2
% of votes cast	98%	0%	0%	3%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Not Voting
Mayes	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Alvarez, David	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
McKinnor, Tina	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

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Special Consent AB1982

August 31, 2022

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	13	0	0	0
Republican	4	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	23	0	0	0
Total	40	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Bates	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Min	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Newman	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Allen, Benjamin	Democratic	Yea
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Becker, Josh	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Cortese, Dave	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	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
Ochoa Bogh, Rosilicie	Republican	Yea

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Do pass

August 11, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	2	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	4	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

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Placed on suspense file

August 08, 2022

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	0	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Bates	—	Yea
Kamlager	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Laird, John	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

June 29, 2022

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	1
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	10	0	0	1
% of votes cast	91%	0%	0%	9%

How each member voted (11)

Member	Party	Vote
Pan	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Melendez	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Rubio	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Not Voting
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Yea

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AB 1982 Santiago Assembly Third Reading

May 26, 2022

Passed 75 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	29	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	37	0	0	2
Republican	9	0	0	0
Total	75	0	0	3
% of votes cast	96%	0%	0%	4%

How each member voted (78)

Member	Party	Vote
Daly	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Not Voting
Mayes	—	Not Voting
Mullin	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Villapudua	—	Yea
Salas	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Kiley	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Yea
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Bennett, Steve	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Not Voting
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Haney, Matt	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Lee, Alex	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Ward, Christopher M.	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Seyarto, Kelly	Republican	Yea
Valladares, Suzette Martinez	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

May 19, 2022

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	0
Democratic	7	0	0	0
Republican	2	0	0	0
Total	16	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (16)

Member	Party	Vote
Levine	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Vince Fong	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Bryan, Isaac G.	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Weber Pierson, M.D., Akilah	Democratic	Yea
Wilson, Lori D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Yea
Davies, Laurie	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

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

April 05, 2022

Passed 13 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	9	0	0	2
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	1	0	0	0
Total	13	0	0	2
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (15)

Member	Party	Vote
Waldron	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Mayes	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Flora, Heath	Republican	Yea

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Subjects

healthcare health-insurance

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1982 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, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires contract between a health care service plan or health insurer and a health care provider to require the plan or insurer to reimburse the provider for the diagnosis, consultation, or treatment of an enrollee, subscriber, insured, or policyholder appropriately delivered through telehealth services on the same basis and to the same extent as the same service through in-person diagnosis, consultation, or treatment. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer that offers a service via telehealth to meet specified conditions, including, that the health care service plan or health insurer disclose to the enrollee or insured the availability of receiving the service on an in-person basis or via telehealth. This bill would require a health care service plan or health insurer covering dental services that offers a service via telehealth through a third-party corporate telehealth provider, as defined, to disclose to the enrollee or insured the impact of third-party telehealth visits on the patient's benefit limitations, including frequency limitations and the patient's annual maximum. The bill would also require those plans and insurers to submit specified information for each product type. Because a willful violation of the bill's requirements relative to health care service plans 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 AB 1982?: AB 1982 is sponsored by Santiago.
What is the current status of AB 1982?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 10, 2022. Enacted.
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Identifier: AB 1982
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2021-2022 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: February 10, 2022
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Santiago

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