BILL NUMBER: SB 1241	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act relating to health care coverage.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1241, as introduced, Leno. Health care coverage: marketplace
transparency.
   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. Existing law provides
for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of
Insurance. Existing law requires a plan or insurer to provide certain
disclosures of the benefits, services, and terms of a contract or
policy.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to increase transparency in the health care service plan
contract and health insurance policy marketplace.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to increase transparency in the health care service plan
contract and health insurance policy marketplace.