BILL NUMBER: AB 362	CHAPTERED  07/22/03

	CHAPTER  80
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  JULY 22, 2003
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  JULY 21, 2003
	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 7, 2003
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 22, 2003

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garcia

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2003

   An act to add Section 1346.1 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to health care service plans.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 362, Garcia.  Health care service plans.
   Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975,
makes the Department of Managed Health Care responsible for
administering the act's provisions and requires it to maintain
information regarding the operation of health care service plans.
   This bill would require the department to maintain a database
indicating for each county, the names of the health care service
plans operating in that particular county.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 1346.1 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   1346.1.  The department shall maintain a database indicating for
each county, the names of the health care service plans that operate
in that particular county.