Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide benefits for specified conditions, including coverage for behavioral health treatment, as defined, for pervasive developmental disorder or autism, except as specified. A willful violation of these provisions with respect to health care service plans is a crime. These provisions are inoperative on July 1, 2014, and are repealed on January 1, 2015.
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20132014
SB 126
California SB 126 (20132014)
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Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism.
California SB 126 (20132014) — Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorder or autism.
Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies to provide benefits for specified conditions, including coverage for behavioral health treatment, as defined, for pervasive developmental disorder or autism, except as specified. A willful violation of these provisions with respect to health care service plans is a crime. These provisions are inoperative on July 1, 2014, and are repealed on January 1, 2015.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 126 Steinberg Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB126 Steinberg Concurrence — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Steinberg — primary (person)
Beall — coauthor (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Correa — coauthor (person)
Frazier — coauthor (person)
Gaines — coauthor (person)
Hall — coauthor (person)
Hueso — coauthor (person)
Leno — coauthor (person)
Lieu — coauthor (person)
Padilla — coauthor (person)
Pan — coauthor (person)
Pavley — coauthor (person)
Wolk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-01-22 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
2013-01-23 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 22.
2013-01-31 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-03-15 Set for hearing April 10.
2013-04-02 Hearing postponed by committee.
2013-04-12 Set for hearing May 1.
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 790.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2013-05-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 936.) (May 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 944.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2013-05-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2013-06-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2013-06-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-08 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
2013-08-21 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2796.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2013-09-06 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2171.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2013-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 680, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f60a5865-e649-460f-ad7b-8c3ba892eedb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).