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Bill	Health care coverage: deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses.	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. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets limits on the amount of the deductible and out-of-pocket expenses that may be included in specified health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 368	California SB 368 (20212022)	bill	Health care coverage: deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses.	enacted	Limón	6	28	8	2021-02-10	2021-10-06	openstates	ocd-bill/992c314a-94e6-4988-b6c4-601395862edb	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB368	d98acf39ef85a69c00e93c2487db06a1976f34f5e64f2c827159aacf5874ec3c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 368 (20212022) — Health care coverage: deductibles and out-of-pocket expenses.

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. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law sets limits on the amount of the deductible and out-of-pocket expenses that may be included in specified health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies.

Version chain

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

1. 02/10/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/06/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB368 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• SB 368 Limón Senate Third Reading By Arambula — 59–14 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 13–3 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 13–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB368 Limón Concurrence — 29–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
• 2021-02-17 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
• 2021-02-22 (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
• 2021-02-22 Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
• 2021-03-03 Set for hearing March 17.
• 2021-03-18 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 533.) (March 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-04-09 Set for hearing April 19.
• 2021-04-20 April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1189.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 1331.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-10 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (July 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 14. Page 2689.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 2517.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 602, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/992c314a-94e6-4988-b6c4-601395862edb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).