Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorders or autism.
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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism, and defines "behavioral health treatment" to mean specified services and treatment programs, including treatment provided pursuant to a treatment plan that is prescribed by a qualified autism service provider and administered either by a qualified autism service provider or by a qualified autism service professional or qualified autism service paraprofessional who is supervised as specified. Existing law defines a "qualified autism service professional" to refer to a person who meets specified educational, training, and other requirements and is supervised and employed by a qualified autism service provider. Existing law defines a "qualified autism service paraprofessional" to mean an unlicensed and uncertified individual who meets specified educational, training, and other criteria, is supervised by a qualified autism service provider or a qualified autism service professional, and is employed by the qualified autism service provider.
California SB 805 (20232024) — Health care coverage: pervasive developmental disorders or autism.
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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism, and defines "behavioral health treatment" to mean specified services and treatment programs, including treatment provided pursuant to a treatment plan that is prescribed by a qualified autism service provider and administered either by a qualified autism service provider or by a qualified autism service professional or qualified autism service paraprofessional who is supervised as specified. Existing law defines a "qualified autism service professional" to refer to a person who meets specified educational, training, and other requirements and is supervised and employed by a qualified autism service provider. Existing law defines a "qualified autism service paraprofessional" to mean an unlicensed and uncertified individual who meets specified educational, training, and other criteria, is supervised by a qualified autism service provider or a qualified autism service professional, and is employed by the qualified autism service provider.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 805 Portantino Senate Third Reading By Bains — 78–1 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB805 Portantino Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Human Services] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Portantino — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2023-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUMAN S. referral-committee
2023-04-12 Set for hearing April 19.
2023-04-20 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 832.) (April 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
2023-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 877.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
2023-05-08 May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1305.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-25 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-06-08 Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and HUM. S. referral-committee
2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
2023-09-11 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 3207.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-11 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2023-09-12 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2682.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 635, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ab9bd34c-abf6-419d-b187-9f43d53f8f15. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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