Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014, and exempts health insurance coverage that provides excepted benefits from those reforms. PPACA requires each state to establish an American Health Benefits Exchange and allows qualified individuals to obtain premium assistance for coverage purchased through the Exchange. PPACA specifies that this premium assistance is not available if the individual is eligible for affordable employer-sponsored coverage that provides minimum value, as specified.
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AB 248
California AB 248 (20152016)
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Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies.
California AB 248 (20152016) — Health insurance: minimum value: large group market policies.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care coverage market reforms that take effect January 1, 2014, and exempts health insurance coverage that provides excepted benefits from those reforms. PPACA requires each state to establish an American Health Benefits Exchange and allows qualified individuals to obtain premium assistance for coverage purchased through the Exchange. PPACA specifies that this premium assistance is not available if the individual is eligible for affordable employer-sponsored coverage that provides minimum value, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB248 Roger Hernández By Monning — 24–15 (pass) · upper
AB 248 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · upper
AB 248 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 51–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Roger Hernández — primary (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
2015-02-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-13 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (April 7). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-14 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1217.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-06-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-06-18 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2015-06-25 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (June 24). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-07-13 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2015-07-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2145.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2015-08-27 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 52. Noes 27. Page 2605.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2015-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 617, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/734621a7-8c03-4183-8bed-485430596f3d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).