Health care coverage: federal health care reforms.
(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care market reforms. Among other things, PPACA requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, and imposes a shared responsibility penalty on an applicable individual who does not maintain minimum essential coverage. This provision is referred to as the individual mandate. PPACA prohibits a nongrandfathered health benefit plan from imposing a preexisting condition provision on an individual and requires a nongrandfathered health benefit plan to include coverage for essential health benefits, as defined. PPACA also includes a coverage guarantee that requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for coverage, and prohibits discriminatory premium rates, as specified.
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SB 326
California SB 326 (20212022)
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Health care coverage: federal health care reforms.
California SB 326 (20212022) — Health care coverage: federal health care reforms.
(1) Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) , enacts various health care market reforms. Among other things, PPACA requires applicable individuals to maintain minimum essential coverage, and imposes a shared responsibility penalty on an applicable individual who does not maintain minimum essential coverage. This provision is referred to as the individual mandate. PPACA prohibits a nongrandfathered health benefit plan from imposing a preexisting condition provision on an individual and requires a nongrandfathered health benefit plan to include coverage for essential health benefits, as defined. PPACA also includes a coverage guarantee that requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every employer and individual in the state that applies for coverage, and prohibits discriminatory premium rates, as specified.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2021-03-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 457.) (March 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 19.
2021-04-19 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2021-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-05-06 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1034.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-05-06 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2021-05-13 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2021-06-30 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 2815.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2021-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2521.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2021-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 764, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/61a39209-f8a3-430e-b6f8-3826a5dd852f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).