California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.
(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Under existing regulations, an individual may enroll in a plan through the Exchange in a special enrollment period that is triggered if the individual loses other coverage due to termination of employment or reduction in the number of hours of employment. Existing law requires the Exchange, until January 1, 2023, to administer a program to provide health care coverage financial assistance to California residents with household incomes at or below 600% of the federal poverty level.
us/states/ca
California Legislature
20212022
AB 2530
California AB 2530 (20212022)
bill
California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.
California AB 2530 (20212022) — California Health Benefit Exchange: financial assistance.
(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange) , also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Under existing regulations, an individual may enroll in a plan through the Exchange in a special enrollment period that is triggered if the individual loses other coverage due to termination of employment or reduction in the number of hours of employment. Existing law requires the Exchange, until January 1, 2023, to administer a program to provide health care coverage financial assistance to California residents with household incomes at or below 600% of the federal poverty level.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB2530 Wood et al. By Leyva — 31–9 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–1 (pass) · lower
AB 2530 Wood Assembly Third Reading — 53–15 (pass) · lower
AB 2530 Wood Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 56–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Wood — primary (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2022-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2022-03-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-05-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 4854.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-24 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-30 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2022-08-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-08 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5128.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 16.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 695, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10255f0e-3fea-49ea-a45e-e4a545c49cd3. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).