BILL ANALYSIS ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 2345| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ THIRD READING Bill No: AB 2345 Author: De La Torre (D) Amended: 8/17/10 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE : 6-2, 6/30/10 AYES: Alquist, Cedillo, Leno, Negrete McLeod, Pavley, Romero NOES: Strickland, Aanestad NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-4, 8/12/10 AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee NOES: Ashburn, Emmerson, Walters, Wyland ASSEMBLY FLOOR : Not relevant SUBJECT : Health care coverage: preventative services SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after September 23, 2010, to comply with the provisions of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act regarding coverage of, and cost-sharing for, preventive services and any rules or regulations issued pursuant to those provisions to the extent required under federal law. CONTINUED AB 2345 Page 2 ANALYSIS : Existing federal law: 1. Requires, under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) (Public Law 111 - 148), health plans and issuers, subject to the minimum interval established by the United States Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, to provide coverage, and not impose cost-sharing requirements, for the following preventive services with respect to plan years beginning on and after September 23, 2010. Existing state law provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. This bill requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after September 23, 2010, to comply with the provisions of the PPACA regarding coverage of, and cost-sharing for, preventive services and any rules or regulations issued pursuant to those provisions to the extent required under federal law. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: Yes Unknown with recent amendments. CTW:mw 8/17/10 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED **** END ****