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Authors Addis  
Subject Health care coverage: nondiscrimination.
Relating To relating to health care coverage.
Title An act to add Section 1367.0435 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10133.135 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage.
Last Action Dt 2026-02-12
State Introduced
Status Pending Referral
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2026-02-13     From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12     Read first time. To print.
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Introduced     2026-02-12
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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers, as specified, within 6 months after the relevant department issues specified guidance, or no later than March 1, 2025, to require all of their staff who are in direct contact with enrollees or insureds in the delivery of care or enrollee or insured services to complete evidence-based cultural competency training for the purpose of providing trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender diverse, or intersex.