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type: "Bill"
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title: "Dependent parent health care coverage."
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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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law authorizes an individual to add a dependent to their health care service plan contract or health insurance policy, including adding a dependent outside of an initial enrollment period if certain criteria are met. Existing law defines \"dependent\" for the purpose of an individual contract or policy to mean the spouse, registered domestic partner, or child of an individual."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 570"
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citation: "California AB 570 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Dependent parent health care coverage."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Santiago"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2021-02-11"
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last_action: "2021-10-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e80241d8-d694-47c6-a77c-4b1a53d54df0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570"
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source_hash: "411b720091080b49f1e41eecf2af0337f41c05cc1c2b166fb740bc1e95733825"
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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 AB 570 (20212022) — Dependent parent health care coverage.
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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 provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law authorizes an individual to add a dependent to their health care service plan contract or health insurance policy, including adding a dependent outside of an initial enrollment period if certain criteria are met. Existing law defines "dependent" for the purpose of an individual contract or policy to mean the spouse, registered domestic partner, or child of an individual.
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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. **02/11/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57099INT)
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2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57098AMD)
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3. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57097AMD)
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4. **06/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57096AMD)
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5. **06/29/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57095AMD)
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6. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57094AMD)
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7. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57093AMD)
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8. **10/04/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57091CHP)
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9. **AB570** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570)
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10. **09/07/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB570&version=20210AB57092ENR)
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## Votes
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
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- AB 570 Santiago Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **54–15** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB570 Santiago et al. By Durazo — **30–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 570 Santiago Assembly Third Reading — **58–16** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Santiago — primary (person)
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- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Durazo — coauthor (person)
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- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Hurtado — coauthor (person)
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- Laird — coauthor (person)
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- Salas — coauthor (person)
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- Stone — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-11** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-12** From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
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- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 1764.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-09** Referred to Com. on HEALTH. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-29** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2298.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2021-09-02** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 57. Noes 14. Page 2703.)
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- **2021-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 2727.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2021-10-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2021. `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/e80241d8-d694-47c6-a77c-4b1a53d54df0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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