BILL NUMBER: AB 1027	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gatto

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to amend Section 11580.010 of the Insurance Code, relating
to automobile insurance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1027, as introduced, Gatto. Automobile insurance coverage:
medical transportation services.
   Existing law provides that an automobile liability insurer that is
responsible for coverage for ordinary, reasonable, and necessary
medical transportation services to an insured, or to a valid claimant
on behalf of an insured, is liable to the person performing those
services. Existing law provides that the insurer may discharge the
obligation by making payment to the person performing those services,
to the insured, or to the claimant on behalf of the insured.
Existing law provides that an insured or claimant who receives that
payment, as specified, from the insurer is liable for those charges
to the person performing those services.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   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.  Section 11580.010 of the Insurance Code is amended to
read:
   11580.010.  (a)  Any   An  automobile
liability insurer that is responsible for coverage for ordinary,
reasonable, and necessary medical transportation services provided to
an  insured, or on behalf of an insured, to a valid claimant
  insured, or a valid claimant on behalf of an insured,
 is liable for those charges to the person performing those
services. The insurer may discharge this obligation by making payment
to the person performing the medical transportation services or to
the insured or  on behalf of the insured  to the
claimant  on behalf of the insured  .
   (b)  Any   An  insured or claimant who
has received  payment, which   payment from an
insurer for a loss relating to a vehicle that  includes charges
for medical transportation  services, from an insurer for a
loss relating to a vehicle   services  is liable
for those charges to the person performing those services.