Bill Text: CA AB416 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Health care coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB416 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB416-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 416 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Logue
FEBRUARY 14, 2011
An act to amend Section 1389.1 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 416, as introduced, Logue. Health care coverage.
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 its provisions a crime.
This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to a
provision of the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1389.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
1389.1. (a) The director shall not approve any plan contract
unless the director finds that the application conforms to both of
the following requirements:
(1) All applications for coverage which
that include health-related questions shall contain clear and
unambiguous questions designed to ascertain the health condition or
history of the applicant.
(2) The application questions related to an applicant's health
shall be based on medical information that is reasonable and
necessary for medical underwriting purposes. The application shall
include a prominently displayed notice that shall read:
"California law prohibits an HIV test from being required or used
by health care service plans as a condition of obtaining coverage."
(b) Nothing in this section shall authorize
authorizes the director to establish or require a single
or standard application form for application questions.
