BILL NUMBER: AB 1246	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 8, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to  amend   add  Section 
38000 of the Health and Safety   8910 to, and to re
  peal Section 22810 of, the Government  Code, relating
to health  and human services   benefits
coverage  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1246, as amended, Nestande.  Health and human services:
direct service contracts.   Legislature: health
benefits coverage.  
   Existing law, as added by Proposition 112, adopted June 5, 1990,
establishes the California Citizen Compensation Commission and
requires the commission to establish the annual salary and the
medical, dental, insurance, and other similar benefits of state
officers, including Members of the Legislature. The Public Employees'
Medical and Hospital Care Act, which governs health care coverage
available to public employees, specifies that a Member of the
Legislature is eligible to enroll in an approved health benefit plan,
as defined, pursuant to that act.  
   Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange
(Exchange) within state government, specifies the powers and duties
of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to
facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the
Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers by January 1,
2014.  
   This bill would instead provide that the only health benefit plans
available to a Member of the Legislature who is elected to or
serving in office on or after January 1, 2015, with respect to his or
her service as a Member of the Legislature, are health benefit plans
that are offered through the Exchange. The bill would require the
state to reimburse the Member for the cost of coverage in an amount
not to exceed the amount of the state employer's contribution for
coverage for a Member as of December 31, 2014.  
   Existing law provides that it is the intent of the Legislature,
with respect to direct service contracts of the departments within
the California Health and Human Services Agency, that the contract
approval process and payment for services rendered occur within
specified timeframes.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 8910 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   8910.   Notwithstanding any other law, the only health benefit
plans available to a Member of the Legislature who is elected to or
serving in office on or after January 1, 2015, with respect to his or
her service as a Member of the Legislature, shall be health benefit
plans that are offered through the California Health Benefit
Exchange. The state shall reimburse the Member for the cost of
coverage in an amount not to exceed the amount of the state employer'
s contribution for coverage for a Member as of December 31, 2014.

   SEC. 2.    Section 22810 of the   Government
Code   is repealed.  
   22810.  A Member of the Legislature may enroll in a health benefit
plan. The contributions of the member shall be the total cost of his
or her coverage and the coverage of any family members, less the
amount contributed pursuant to Section 8901.6 by the state. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 38000 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
   38000.  The Legislature states its intent with respect to direct
service contracts of the departments within the California Health and
Human Services Agency as follows:
   (a) The contract approval process should take no longer than 30
days from the time the administrative agency generating the contract
has approved its provisions.
   (b) Payment for services rendered shall take no longer than 30
days after an invoice has been approved by the responsible
department.
   (c) If contract approval or payment or both are delayed, the state
shall notify community based agencies within 15 days with
instructions to either defer or interrupt services to be contracted.
If the state requests an agency to continue providing services,
conditions shall be mutually agreed upon in advance for amortization
of particular additional costs to the agency involved.