Health care service plans and health insurers: reporting requirements.
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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer offering a contract or policy in the individual, small, and large group markets to file specified information, including total earned premiums and total incurred claims for each contract or policy form, with the appropriate department at least 120 days before implementing a rate change. Existing law requires a large group market health care service plan or insurer to report additional information relating to cost sharing and specified aggregate rate information. Existing law requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to conduct an annual public meeting regarding large group rates.
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AB 2118
California AB 2118 (20192020)
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Health care service plans and health insurers: reporting requirements.
California AB 2118 (20192020) — Health care service plans and health insurers: reporting requirements.
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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer offering a contract or policy in the individual, small, and large group markets to file specified information, including total earned premiums and total incurred claims for each contract or policy form, with the appropriate department at least 120 days before implementing a rate change. Existing law requires a large group market health care service plan or insurer to report additional information relating to cost sharing and specified aggregate rate information. Existing law requires the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance to conduct an annual public meeting regarding large group rates.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–4 (pass) · lower
AB 2118 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 60–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2118 Kalra et al. By Pan — 29–10 (pass) · upper
AB 2118 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 56–19 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Kalra — primary (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2020-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
2020-02-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2020-05-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-05-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-05-20 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-05-21 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2020-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2020-06-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (June 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-04 Coauthors revised.
2020-06-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 4703.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2020-08-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 10). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2020-08-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 5425.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2020-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 277, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d8987442-0138-4bf6-bf9b-512c52fbb37f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).