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type: "Bill"
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title: "Health care coverage: autism."
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description: "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. Existing law defines \"qualified autism service provider,\" \"qualified autism service professional,\" and \"qualified autism service paraprofessional\" for those purposes. Those definitions are contained in the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 402"
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citation: "California SB 402 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Healthcarecoverage", "autism"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Valladares"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/113b9192-a1e9-465a-ba2b-1441ba32b03c"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402"
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source_hash: "273b59af32767ba89dac37fcfc896607be178216dacd05fa3670eeed1428e363"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 402 (20252026) — Health care coverage: autism.
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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. Existing law defines "qualified autism service provider," "qualified autism service professional," and "qualified autism service paraprofessional" for those purposes. Those definitions are contained in the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402&version=20250SB40299INT)
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2. **08/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402&version=20250SB40298AMD)
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3. **09/05/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402&version=20250SB40297AMD)
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4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402&version=20250SB40295CHP)
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5. **SB402** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402)
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6. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB402&version=20250SB40296ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB402 Valladares Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 402 Valladares Senate Third Reading By Nguyen — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Valladares — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing April 21.
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- **2025-04-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 21). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1469.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-07-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-27** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-27** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-05** Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
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- **2025-09-05** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/113b9192-a1e9-465a-ba2b-1441ba32b03c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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