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Bill	Health care coverage: independent dispute resolution process.	Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires each department to establish an independent dispute resolution process to resolve a claim dispute between a health care service plan or health insurer, as appropriate, and a noncontracting individual health professional, and sets forth requirements and guidelines for that process, including contracting with an independent organization for the purpose of conducting the review process. Existing law requires each department to establish uniform written procedures for the submission, receipt, processing, and resolution of these disputes, as specified. Existing law requires the independent organization, in deciding the dispute, to base its decision regarding the appropriate reimbursement on all relevant information.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2157	California AB 2157 (20192020)	bill	Health care coverage: independent dispute resolution process.	enacted	Wood	4	18	6	2020-02-10	2020-09-29	openstates	ocd-bill/b6252eb3-5e58-4919-bfd0-f157c351ce37	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2157	5d3722ce26b1f75600709dc890013e6b5d22433e73e4dc81fa58833047a1d30c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2157 (20192020) — Health care coverage: independent dispute resolution process.

Existing law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires each department to establish an independent dispute resolution process to resolve a claim dispute between a health care service plan or health insurer, as appropriate, and a noncontracting individual health professional, and sets forth requirements and guidelines for that process, including contracting with an independent organization for the purpose of conducting the review process. Existing law requires each department to establish uniform written procedures for the submission, receipt, processing, and resolution of these disputes, as specified. Existing law requires the independent organization, in deciding the dispute, to base its decision regarding the appropriate reimbursement on all relevant information.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/29/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2157 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/25/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2157 Wood By Hill — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2157 Wood Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wood — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-02-11 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2020-02-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2020-03-17 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-05-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4726.) 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
• 2020-08-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4294.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2020-08-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2020-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 278, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b6252eb3-5e58-4919-bfd0-f157c351ce37. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).