Health care service plans: discipline: civil penalties.
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. Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care to take disciplinary measures, including the imposition of civil penalties, against a licensee when the director determines that the licensee has committed an act or omission constituting grounds for disciplinary action, as specified. Under existing law, a person who violates the act, or a rule or order adopted or issued under the act, is generally liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per violation. Existing law also includes various provisions that assess specific civil and administrative penalties for certain violations. Fines and penalties under the act are deposited into the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund, and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for designated purposes.
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California Legislature
20212022
SB 858
California SB 858 (20212022)
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Health care service plans: discipline: civil penalties.
California SB 858 (20212022) — Health care service plans: discipline: civil penalties.
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. Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care to take disciplinary measures, including the imposition of civil penalties, against a licensee when the director determines that the licensee has committed an act or omission constituting grounds for disciplinary action, as specified. Under existing law, a person who violates the act, or a rule or order adopted or issued under the act, is generally liable for a civil penalty not to exceed $2,500 per violation. Existing law also includes various provisions that assess specific civil and administrative penalties for certain violations. Fines and penalties under the act are deposited into the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund, and used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for designated purposes.
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
2022-04-05 Set for hearing April 26 in JUD. pending receipt.
2022-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3461.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-04-27 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 3512.) (April 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-28 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2022-05-16 May 16 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-17 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3772.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 3879.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-02 Referred to Com. on HEALTH. referral-committee
2022-06-13 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
2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-30 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 5932.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-18 Ordered to third reading.
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 18. Page 6024.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5135.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-09-06 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 985, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4422d153-cc08-47bb-b2dd-bacf885429ca. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).