Bill Text: CA SB129 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Health care coverage reporting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-05 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 241, Statutes of 2019. [SB129 Detail]
Download: California-2019-SB129-Chaptered.html
Senate Bill
No. 129
CHAPTER 241
An act to amend Section 1348.95 of the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Section 10127.19 of the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.
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Approved by
Governor
September 05, 2019.
Filed with
Secretary of State
September 05, 2019.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 129, Pan.
Health care coverage reporting.
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 a health care service plan or health insurer that covers individuals, small groups, large groups, or administrative services only business lines to report the number of covered lives by product type to the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to publicly report that data, including posting that data on each department’s internet website.
This bill would expand those health care service
plan and health insurer reporting requirements to include any other business lines. The bill would also require a multiple employer welfare arrangement or a plan or insurer that provides coverage through a multiple employer welfare arrangement to report specified data to the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance, as appropriate, beginning March 1, 2020, and at least annually thereafter. The bill would require the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to make the reported data for the previous year available no later than April 15 of each year. 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.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1348.95 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1348.95.
(a) Commencing March 1, 2013, and at least annually thereafter, a health care service plan, not including a health care service plan offering specialized health care service plan contracts, shall provide to the department, in a form and manner determined by the department in consultation with the Department of Insurance, the number of enrollees, by product type, as of December 31 of the prior year, that receive health care coverage under a health care service plan contract that covers individuals and small groups inside and outside of the California Health Benefit Exchange, large groups, administrative services only business lines, and any other business lines. Health care service plans shall include the enrollment data in specific product types as determined by the department, including, but not limited to, HMO, point-of-service, PPO, grandfathered, and Medi-Cal managed care. Data reported pursuant to this subdivision shall specify the covered persons that are being reported pursuant to subdivision (b).(b) Commencing March 1, 2020, and at least annually thereafter, a health care service plan that provides coverage through a multiple employee welfare arrangement (MEWA) that is not subject to Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 742.20) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 of the Insurance Code shall provide to the department, in a form and manner determined by the department in consultation with the Department of Insurance, the name of each MEWA and the number of covered persons in each
MEWA as of December 31 of the prior year, divided by market segment and product type. Data reported pursuant to this subdivision shall be identified and separately reported under subdivision (a).
(c) The department shall publicly report the data provided by each health care service plan pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, posting the data on the department’s
internet website. The department shall consult with the Department of Insurance to ensure that the data reported is comparable and consistent, does not duplicate existing reporting requirements, and utilizes existing reporting formats. The data for the previous calendar year shall be made available no later than April 15 of each calendar year.
SEC. 2.
Section 10127.19 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:10127.19.
(a) Commencing March 1, 2013, and at least annually thereafter, a health insurer, not including a health insurer offering specialized health insurance policies, shall provide to the department, in a form and manner determined by the department in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care, the number of covered lives, by product type, as of December 31 of the prior year, that receive health care coverage under a health insurance policy that covers individuals and small groups inside and outside of the California Health Benefit Exchange, large groups, administrative services only business lines, and any other business lines. Health insurers shall include the unduplicated enrollment data in specific product types as determined by the department, including, but not limited to, HMO, point-of-service, PPO, grandfathered, and Medi-Cal managed care. Data reported pursuant to this subdivision shall specify the covered persons that are being reported pursuant to subdivision (b).(b) Commencing March 1, 2020, and at least annually thereafter, information specific to a multiple employee welfare arrangement (MEWA) shall be provided to the department, in a form and manner determined by the department in consultation with the Department of Managed Health Care, as follows:
(1) A health insurer that provides coverage through a MEWA that is not subject to Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 742.20) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 shall provide the name of each MEWA and the number of covered persons in each MEWA as of December 31 of the prior year, divided by market segment and product type. Data reported pursuant to this subdivision shall be identified and separately reported under subdivision (a).
(2) A MEWA that is subject to Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 742.20) of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of Division 1 shall provide the number of covered persons in the MEWA as of December 31 of the prior year, divided by product type. Compliance with a data
call issued pursuant to this section satisfies the requirements of this subdivision.
(c) The department shall publicly report the data provided by each health insurer and MEWA pursuant to this section, including, but not limited to, posting the data on the department’s internet website. The department shall consult with the Department of Managed Health Care to ensure that the data reported is comparable and consistent, does not duplicate existing reporting requirements, and utilizes existing reporting formats. The data for the previous calendar year shall be made available no later than April 15 of each calendar year.
