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 (DMHC) 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 (DOI) . Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers to file specified rate information with DMHC or DOI, as applicable, for health care service plan contracts or health insurance policies in the individual or small group markets and for health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies in the large group market. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers to also disclose specified supporting information for the rate information described above. Existing law requires the DMHC and DOI, as applicable, to conduct an annual public meeting regarding large group rates within 3 months of posting that information.
California SB 17 (20172018) — Health care: prescription drug costs.
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 (DMHC) 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 (DOI) . Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers to file specified rate information with DMHC or DOI, as applicable, for health care service plan contracts or health insurance policies in the individual or small group markets and for health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies in the large group market. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers to also disclose specified supporting information for the rate information described above. Existing law requires the DMHC and DOI, as applicable, to conduct an annual public meeting regarding large group rates within 3 months of posting that information.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 17 Hernandez Senate Third Reading By WOOD — 66–9 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB17 Hernandez et al. Concurrence — 32–8 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Hernandez — primary (person)
Chiu — principal coauthor (person)
Wood — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2016-12-05 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2016-12-06 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
2017-01-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2017-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-03-31 Set for hearing April 19.
2017-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 807.) (April 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-04-25 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2017-05-03 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2017-05-04 Set for hearing May 15.
2017-05-15 May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-05-19 Set for hearing May 25.
2017-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1176.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1262.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2017-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
2017-07-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 66. Noes 9. Page 3167.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2017-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2837.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2017-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 603, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05a66140-db92-4a80-8365-fb5467b1b92a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).