(1) 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 imposes various requirements and restrictions on health care service plans and health insurers, including, among other things, a requirement that every group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 1990, offer coverage for the treatment of infertility, except in vitro fertilization, under those terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the group subscriber or the group policyholder and the plan or the insurer, except as provided.
California AB 460 (20132014) — Health care coverage: infertility.
(1) 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 imposes various requirements and restrictions on health care service plans and health insurers, including, among other things, a requirement that every group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 1990, offer coverage for the treatment of infertility, except in vitro fertilization, under those terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the group subscriber or the group policyholder and the plan or the insurer, except as provided.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB460 Ammiano By Jackson — 26–11 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 13–6 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
AB 460 AMMIANO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–25 (pass) · lower
AB 460 AMMIANO Assembly Third Reading — 50–24 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Ammiano — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2013-02-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 6.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-09 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 24. Page 1511.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-29 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-06-05 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-06-06 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-08-13 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
2013-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 1986.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-26 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2771.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2013-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 644, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2f91b48d-14ae-461f-86a5-2b9a3f047152. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).