California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 1899


Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon

February 11, 2016


An act relating to insurance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1899, as introduced, Calderon. Long-term care insurance.

Existing law provides for the regulation of long-term care insurance by the Insurance Commissioner and prescribes various requirements and conditions governing the delivery of individual or group long-term care insurance in the state. Existing law establishes the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program to link private long-term care insurance and health care service plan contracts that cover long-term care with the In-Home Supportive Services Program and Medi-Cal and to provide Medi-Cal benefits to certain individuals who have income and resources above the eligibility levels for receipt of medical assistance, but who have purchased certified private long-term care insurance policies.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would pertain to long-term care insurance.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
2legislation that would pertain to long-term care insurance.



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