BILL NUMBER: AB 2050 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 18, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Steinorth
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
An act to amend Section 33334.5 of add
Section 1367.248 to the Health and Safety Code, and to
add Section 1012 3.208 to the Insurance Code,
relating to redevelopment. health care
coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2050, as amended, Steinorth. Redevelopment.
Health care coverage: prescription drugs: refills.
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 and makes a willful
violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the
regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.
Existing law imposes various requirements on contracts and policies
that cover prescription drug benefits. Existing law, the Pharmacy
Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of pharmacists by the
California State Board of Pharmacy and prohibits the refilling of a
prescription without the authorization of the prescriber, except as
specified.
This bill would require a health care service plan contract or
health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after
January 1, 2017, that provides coverage for prescription drug
benefits to implement a medication synchronization policy for the
dispensing of prescription drugs so that prescriptions that are
refilled at the same frequency may be filled concurrently. Because a
willful violation of the bill's requirements by a health care service
plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local
program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
The Community Redevelopment Law authorizes the establishment of
redevelopment agencies in communities to address the effects of
blight, as defined, and requires that not less than 20% of taxes
allocated to an agency be dedicated for the provision of low- and
moderate-income housing. Existing law requires that every
redevelopment plan adopted or amended after January 1, 1977, to
expand a project area contain a provision that affordable housing
units destroyed or removed from the low- and moderate-income housing
market as part of a redevelopment project be replaced with dwelling
units at affordable cost, as described.
Existing law dissolved redevelopment agencies as of February 1,
2012, and designates successor agencies to act as successor entities
to the dissolved redevelopment agencies. Existing law provides for
the continued application of specified provisions of the Community
Redevelopment Law under certain circumstances.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to the provision of
the Community Redevelopment Law requiring the replacement of
affordable housing units.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no
yes .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1367.248 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
1367.248. (a) A health care service plan contract issued,
amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, that provides
coverage for prescription drug benefits shall implement a
synchronization policy for the dispensing of prescription drugs to
the plan's enrollees.
(b) For purposes of this section, "synchronization policy" means a
procedure for aligning the refill dates of an enrollee's
prescription drugs so that prescriptions that are refilled at the
same frequency may be refilled concurrently.
SEC. 2. Section 10123.208 is added to the
Insurance Code , to read:
10123.208. (a) A health insurance policy issued, amended, or
renewed on or after January 1, 2017, that provides coverage for
prescription drug benefits shall implement a synchronization policy
for the dispensing of prescription drugs to the policy's insured.
(b) For purposes of this section, "synchronization policy" means a
procedure for aligning the refill dates of an insured's prescription
drugs so that prescriptions that are refilled at the same frequency
may be refilled concurrently.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution.
SECTION 1. Section 33334.5 of the Health and
Safety Code is amended to read:
33334.5. A redevelopment plan adopted or amended to expand the
project area after January 1, 1977, shall contain a provision that
whenever dwelling units housing persons and families of low or
moderate income are destroyed or removed from the low- and
moderate-income housing market as part of a redevelopment project,
the agency shall, within four years of that destruction or removal,
rehabilitate, develop, or construct, or cause to be rehabilitated,
developed, or constructed, for rental or sale to persons and families
of low or moderate income an equal number of replacement dwelling
units at affordable housing costs, as defined by Section 50052.5,
within the project area or within the territorial jurisdiction of the
agency, in accordance with Sections 33413 and 33413.5.