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Authors Bains  
Coauthors: Schiavo   Cervantes   Hurtado  
Subject Behavioral health reimbursement.
Relating To relating to health care coverage.
Title An act to add Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 1358.30) to Chapter 2.2 of Division 2 of, and to repeal Section 1358.31 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care coverage.
Last Action Dt 2025-05-01
State Amended Assembly
Status Died
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Vote Req Approp Fiscal Cmte Local Prog Subs Chgs Urgency Tax Levy Active?
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Bill Actions
2026-02-02     From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
2026-01-31     Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.
2025-05-23     In committee: Held under submission.
2025-05-14     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-05     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-05-01     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-30     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (April 29).
2025-04-21     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-04-03     Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-04-02     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
2025-03-13     Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-22     From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To print.
Versions
Amended Assembly     2025-05-01
Amended Assembly     2025-04-02
Introduced     2025-02-21
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 requires a health care service plan contract 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 make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the specified plan.

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.