Health care coverage: outpatient prescription drugs.
(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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or insurer that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies to make specified information regarding the formularies available to the public and other specified entities. Existing law also specifies requirements for those plans and insurers regarding coverage and cost sharing of specified prescription drugs.
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California Legislature
20152016
AB 339
California AB 339 (20152016)
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Health care coverage: outpatient prescription drugs.
California AB 339 (20152016) — Health care coverage: outpatient prescription drugs.
(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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or insurer that provides prescription drug benefits and maintains one or more drug formularies to make specified information regarding the formularies available to the public and other specified entities. Existing law also specifies requirements for those plans and insurers regarding coverage and cost sharing of specified prescription drugs.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 339 GORDON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 50–27 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–5 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
AB 339 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — 48–30 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB339 Gordon By Monning — 25–13 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gordon — primary (person)
Atkins — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2015-02-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-08 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-04-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-05-04 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 30. Page 1867.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2015-06-24 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
2015-07-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2015-07-07 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
2015-07-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 15). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-07-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-08-31 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2694.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 50. Noes 27. Page 3138.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-23 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 619, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/93c52437-1453-43b5-95b2-467e72578a69. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).