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Bill Health care coverage: continuity of care. 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 and a health insurer that provides services at alternative rates of payment, at the request of an enrollee or insured, to provide the completion of services by a terminated provider if the enrollee or insured is undergoing a course of treatment for one of any specified conditions, including a serious chronic condition, as defined, at the time of the contract or policy termination. Existing law also requires a health care service plan to provide for the completion of covered services by a nonparticipating provider to a newly covered enrollee who, at the time his or her coverage became effective, was receiving services from that provider for one of any specified conditions. Existing law requires a health care service plan to provide a disclosure form regarding the benefits, services, and terms of a plan contract and requires the disclosure form to include a description of how an enrollee can request continuity of care under the provisions described above. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 SB 133 California SB 133 (20172018)
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California SB 133 (20172018) — Health care coverage: continuity of care.

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 and a health insurer that provides services at alternative rates of payment, at the request of an enrollee or insured, to provide the completion of services by a terminated provider if the enrollee or insured is undergoing a course of treatment for one of any specified conditions, including a serious chronic condition, as defined, at the time of the contract or policy termination. Existing law also requires a health care service plan to provide for the completion of covered services by a nonparticipating provider to a newly covered enrollee who, at the time his or her coverage became effective, was receiving services from that provider for one of any specified conditions. Existing law requires a health care service plan to provide a disclosure form regarding the benefits, services, and terms of a plan contract and requires the disclosure form to include a description of how an enrollee can request continuity of care under the provisions described above.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. 01/11/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 08/21/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/30/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 09/12/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/04/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB133 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/20/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 100 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 80 (pass) · upper
  • SB 133 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 618 (pass) · lower
  • SB 133 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD Amend By WOOD Set #1 — 5318 (pass) · lower
  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB133 — 390 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 123 (pass) · lower
  • That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — 90 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB133 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 380 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 150 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hernandez — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2017-01-11 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-01-12 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
  • 2017-01-19 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-07 Set for hearing April 26.
  • 2017-04-20 April 26 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
  • 2017-04-21 Set for hearing May 3.
  • 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 974.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1072.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2017-05-26 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
  • 2017-07-11 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-07-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-07-13 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta.
  • 2017-07-13 Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Bonta.
  • 2017-07-17 Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Calderon.
  • 2017-07-18 From inactive file.
  • 2017-07-18 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2017-08-21 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 2689.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2017-08-21 Ordered to third reading.
  • 2017-08-21 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
  • 2017-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2017-08-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
  • 2017-09-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2017-09-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-09-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 8. Page 3488.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-09-15 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2017-09-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). referral-committee
  • 2017-09-15 From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on HEALTH pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 2982.) Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-09-15 From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3026.) committee-passage
  • 2017-09-15 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3004.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2017-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2017-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 481, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ab4fa70-4405-458c-976c-82a40eec54b5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).