Bill Text: CA AB2308 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health care coverage: information to students.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 570, Statutes of 2016. [AB2308 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB2308-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2308 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 570
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 24, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 17, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Roger Hern�ndez
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Dodd)
FEBRUARY 18, 2016
An act to amend and repeal Section 49452.9 of, and to add and
repeal Chapter 11.2 (commencing with Section 66920) of Part 40 of
Division 5 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to health care
coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2308, Roger Hern�ndez. Health care coverage: information to
students.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges, under the
administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, as 2 of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in
this state. Existing law establishes community college districts
throughout the state and authorizes them to provide instruction to
students at community college campuses.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (PPACA), requires an applicable individual to ensure that he or
she, and any dependent of that individual, has minimum essential
health care coverage.
This bill would establish the California Health Care Coverage Act
of 2016, which would require the California State University and the
California Community Colleges to provide their students information
about insurance affordability programs commencing with the 2017-18
academic year. The act would authorize each campus of the California
State University and the California Community Colleges to meet this
requirement by developing an informational item or amending an
existing enrollment form or Internet Web site to provide students
information about insurance affordability programs, as specified. The
act would authorize each campus to also meet this requirement by
including a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining basic
information about insurance affordability programs for students. The
bill would repeal these new provisions on January 1, 2021.
By requiring community colleges to perform additional duties, this
bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law requires a public school, for purposes of the
2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 school years, to add an informational
item to its enrollment forms, or amend an existing enrollment form,
in order to provide the parent or legal guardian information about
health care coverage options and enrollment assistance, as specified.
Existing law authorizes a school to also include a factsheet with
its enrollment forms. Existing law requires the State Department of
Education to, among other things, develop a standardized template for
the factsheet and the informational item or amendment and make those
templates available on its Internet Web site on or before August 1,
2015. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2019.
This bill would make the repeal date for these provisions January
1, 2021, and thereby extend these requirements until that date. By
extending these duties on local school districts, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 49452.9 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
49452.9. (a) Commencing with the 2015-16 school year, and each
school year thereafter, a public school, including a charter school,
shall add an informational item to its enrollment forms, or amend an
existing enrollment form, in order to provide the parent or legal
guardian information about health care coverage options and
enrollment assistance.
(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), a school may
do either of the following:
(1) Use a template developed pursuant to subdivision (d).
(2) Develop an informational item or amend an existing enrollment
form to provide information about health care coverage options and
enrollment assistance.
(c) A school may include a factsheet with its enrollment forms
explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage
options for children and families.
(d) (1) The department shall develop a standardized template for
both of the following:
(A) The informational item or amendment required by subdivision
(a).
(B) The factsheet described in subdivision (c).
(2) The department shall make any templates developed pursuant to
this subdivision available on its Internet Web site on or before
August 1, 2015, and shall, upon request, provide written copies of
the template to a school district.
(e) A school district shall not discriminate against a pupil who
does not have health care coverage or use any information relating to
a pupil's health care coverage or interest in learning about health
care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the pupil or the
pupil's family.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. Chapter 11.2 (commencing with Section 66920) is added to
Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 11.2. CALIFORNIA HEALTH CARE COVERAGE ACT OF 2016
66920. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
California Health Care Coverage Act of 2016.
66921. (a) Commencing with the 2017-18 academic year, each campus
of the California State University and the California Community
Colleges shall offer every student information about insurance
affordability programs, including how to apply for Medi-Cal and
Covered California.
(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the campus
may do either or both of the following:
(1) Develop an informational item or amend an existing enrollment
form or Internet Web site to provide students information about
insurance affordability programs, including how to apply for Medi-Cal
and Covered California. A campus may use information provided in the
standard template developed by the State Department of Education
pursuant to Section 49452.9.
(2) Include a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining
basic information about insurance affordability programs, including
how to apply for Medi-Cal and Covered California.
(c) A campus of the California State University or the California
Community Colleges shall not discriminate against a student who does
not have health coverage or use any information relating to a student'
s health care coverage or interest in learning about health care
coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the student.
66922. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 3. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
