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 generally requires a health care service plan or health insurer in the individual, small group, or large group markets to file rate information with the appropriate department, but specifies alternative information to be filed by a health care service plan or health insurer that exclusively contracts with no more than 2 medical groups.
California SB 343 (20192020) — Health care data disclosure.
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 generally requires a health care service plan or health insurer in the individual, small group, or large group markets to file rate information with the appropriate department, but specifies alternative information to be filed by a health care service plan or health insurer that exclusively contracts with no more than 2 medical groups.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Unfinished Business SB343 Pan et al. Concurrence — 29–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 26–9 (pass) · upper
SB 343 Pan Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 58–13 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 14–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 4–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Pan — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2019-02-28 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-03-13 Set for hearing April 3.
2019-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 576.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-05 Set for hearing April 22.
2019-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 749.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 946.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-07 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-24 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-06-18 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-10 July 10 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2019-08-12 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-14 Coauthors revised.
2019-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 13. Page 2807.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-08-26 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2266.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 247, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b593df62-a3d1-4554-b14e-157439451438. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).