Existing federal law provides for the Medicare Program, which is a public health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older and specified persons with disabilities who are under 65 years of age. Existing federal law specifies different parts of Medicare that cover specific services, such as Medicare Part B, which generally covers medically necessary services and supplies and preventive services. 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.
California SB 784 (20192020) — Medicare supplement benefit coverage.
Existing federal law provides for the Medicare Program, which is a public health insurance program for persons 65 years of age and older and specified persons with disabilities who are under 65 years of age. Existing federal law specifies different parts of Medicare that cover specific services, such as Medicare Part B, which generally covers medically necessary services and supplies and preventive services. 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.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Health — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-03-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-03-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 7.
2019-03-20 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-03-22 Set for hearing April 24.
2019-04-22 April 24 hearing postponed by committee.
2019-04-23 Set for hearing May 1.
2019-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 905.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
2019-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-16 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1060.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-16 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2019-06-03 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
2019-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2019-07-05 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 2549.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-07-05 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-07-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2049.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2019-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 157, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fbf8a1ed-09dd-4401-83f8-9971e5a9b4f5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).