BILL NUMBER: AB 2077	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Burke and Bonilla

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act relating to public health.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2077, as introduced, Burke. Health Care Eligibility,
Enrollment, and Retention Act.
   Existing law establishes various programs to provide health care
coverage to persons with limited financial resources, including the
Medi-Cal program and the state's children's health insurance program
(CHIP). Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit
Exchange (Exchange), pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act, and specifies the duties and powers of the board
governing the Exchange relative to determining eligibility for
enrollment in the Exchange and arranging for coverage under qualified
health plans through the Exchange.
   Existing law, the Health Care Reform Eligibility, Enrollment, and
Retention Planning Act, requires an individual to have the option to
apply for insurance affordability programs in person, by mail,
online, by telephone, or by other commonly available electronic
means. Existing law defines "insurance affordability programs" to
include the Medi-Cal program, CHIP, and a program that makes
available to qualified individuals coverage in a qualified health
benefit plan through the Exchange with advance payment of the premium
tax credit established under a specified provision of the Internal
Revenue Code. During the processing of an application, renewal, or a
transition due to a change in circumstances, existing law requires an
entity making eligibility determinations for an insurance
affordability program to ensure that an eligible applicant and
recipient of those programs that meets all program eligibility
requirements and complies with all necessary requirements for
information moves between programs without any breaks in coverage and
without being required to provide any forms, documents, or other
information or undergo verification that is duplicative or otherwise
unnecessary.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would establish procedures to ensure that
individuals move between Medi-Cal and the Exchange without any breaks
in coverage as required under the provision described above.
   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 that would establish procedures to ensure that
individuals move between Medi-Cal and the California Health Benefit
Exchange without any breaks in coverage as required under subdivision
(h) of Section 15926 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.