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 plans and insurers that issue Medicare supplement contracts or policies, as defined, to comply with specified requirements.
California AB 151 (20112012) — Medicare supplement 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 the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires plans and insurers that issue Medicare supplement contracts or policies, as defined, to comply with specified requirements.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-01-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2011-01-19 From printer. May be heard in committee February 18.
2011-02-03 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-04-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 1551.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2011-06-13 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (June 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-07-11 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2011-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 15. Page 1961.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2011-08-22 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 25. Page 2487.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-08-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2011-09-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 270, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/69339ec9-1d06-4477-82fd-ab28c517350f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).