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Authors Harabedian   Rivas  
Coauthors: Rubio  
Subject Coverage for behavioral health visits.
Relating To relating to health care coverage.
Title An act to add Section 1368.9 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10112.97 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-16
State Enrolled
Status In Desk Process
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Vote Req Approp Fiscal Cmte Local Prog Subs Chgs Urgency Tax Levy Active?
Two Thirds No Yes Yes None Yes No Y
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Bill Actions
2026-01-22     Stricken from file.
2025-10-13     Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13     Vetoed by Governor.
2025-09-24     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-12     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3386.).
2025-09-12     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 1. Page 2922.).
2025-09-02     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 29).
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-15     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-07-14     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 9).
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 1872.).
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-05-21     Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1627.)
2025-05-21     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-14     In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-06     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-05     Read second time and amended.
2025-05-01     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 29).
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-02-20     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-08-29
Amended Senate     2025-07-15
Amended Assembly     2025-05-05
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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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 contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of mental health and substance use disorders, as defined, under the same terms and conditions applied to other medical conditions.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.