BILL NUMBER: AB 1887	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Villines

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to amend Section 12711 of the Insurance Code, relating to
health care coverage.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1887, as introduced, Villines. California Major Risk Medical
Insurance Program.
   Existing law establishes the California Major Risk Medical
Insurance Program, which is administered by the Managed Risk Medical
Insurance Board (MRMIB), to provide major risk medical coverage to
persons who, among other matters, have been rejected for coverage by
at least one private health plan. Existing law authorizes MRMIB to,
among other things, determine the eligibility of applicants,
determine the major risk medical coverage to be provided to program
subscribers, and authorize expenditures from the Major Risk Medical
Insurance Fund to pay program expenses that exceed subscriber
contributions.
   This bill would also authorize MRMIB to apply for any federal
funding it determines to be cost effective for purposes of extending
major risk medical coverage to more applicants.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 12711 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:

   12711.  The board shall have the authority  to do all of the
following  :
   (a) To determine the eligibility of applicants.
   (b) To determine the major risk medical coverage to be provided
 to  program subscribers.
   (c) To research and assess the needs of persons not adequately
covered by existing private and public health care delivery systems
and promote means of assuring the availability of adequate health
care services.
   (d) To approve subscriber contributions  ,  and
plan rates  ,  and establish program contribution
amounts.
   (e) To provide major risk medical coverage for subscribers or to
contract with a participating health plan or plans to provide or
administer major risk medical coverage for subscribers.
   (f) To authorize expenditures from the fund to pay program
expenses  which   that  exceed subscriber
contributions.
   (g) To contract for administration of the program or any portion
thereof with any public agency, including any agency of state
government, or with any private entity.
   (h) To issue rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of
this part.
   (i) To authorize expenditures from the fund or from other moneys
appropriated in the annual Budget Act for purposes relating to
Section 10127.15 of this code or Section 1373.62 of the Health and
Safety Code. 
   (j) To apply for any federal funding the board determines to be
cost effective for purposes of extending major risk medical coverage
to more applicants.  
   (j) 
    (k)  To exercise all powers reasonably necessary to
carry out the powers and responsibilities expressly granted or
imposed upon it under this part.