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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2308

Introduced by Assembly Member Roger Hernández

February 18, 2016

An act to amend and repeal Section 49452.9 of, and to add begin insert and repeal end insert Chapter 11.2 (commencing with Section 66920) begin delete to end delete begin insert of end insert Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to health care coverage.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2308, as amended, Roger Hernández. Health care coverage: begin delete enrollment assistance. end delete begin insert information to students. end insert

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as 2 of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state and authorizes them to provide instruction to students at community college campuses.

Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires an applicable individual to ensure that he or she, and any dependent of that individual, begin delete is covered under end delete begin insert has end insert minimum essential begin delete coverage for each month beginning after January 2013. end delete begin insert health care coverage. end insert

This bill would establish the California Health Care Coverage begin delete Enrollment Assistance end delete Act of begin delete 2016 to provide uninsured students of the California State University and the California Community Colleges with end delete begin insert 2016, which would require the California State University and the California Community Colleges to provide their students end insert information about health care coverage options begin delete and enrollment assistance end delete commencing with the 2017-18 academic year. The act begin delete would, among other things, end delete begin insert would end insert authorize each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges to begin delete develop end delete begin insert meet this requirement by developing end insert an informational item or begin delete amend end delete begin insert amending end insert an existing enrollment begin delete form, end delete begin insert form end insert or Internet Web site to provide begin delete uninsured end delete students information about health care coverage options, as specified. The act would authorize each campus to also begin delete include end delete begin insert meet this requirement by including end insert a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage options for students. begin insert The bill would repeal these new provisions on January 1, 2021. end insert

By requiring community colleges to perform additional duties, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Existing law requires a public school, for purposes of the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 school years, to add an informational item to its enrollment forms, or amend an existing enrollment form, in order to provide the parent or legal guardian information about health care coverage options and enrollment assistance, as specified. Existing law authorizes a school to also include a factsheet with its enrollment forms. Existing law requires the State Department of Education to, among other things, develop a standardized template for the factsheet and the informational item or amendment and make those templates available on its Internet Web site on or before August 1, 2015. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2019.

This bill would make the repeal date for these provisions January 1, begin delete 2024, end delete begin insert 2021, end insert and thereby extend these requirements until that date. By extending these duties on local school districts, 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 49452.9 of the Education Code is
amended to read:

49452.9.  

(a) Commencing with the 2015-16 school year, and
each school year thereafter, a public school, including a charter
school, shall add an informational item to its enrollment forms, or
amend an existing enrollment form, in order to provide the parent
or legal guardian information about health care coverage options
and enrollment assistance.

(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), a school may
do either of the following:

(1) Use a template developed pursuant to subdivision (d).

(2) Develop an informational item or amend an existing
enrollment form to provide information about health care coverage
options and enrollment assistance.

(c) A school may include a factsheet with its enrollment forms
explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage
options for children and families.

(d) (1) The department shall develop a standardized template
for both of the following:

(A) The informational item or amendment required by
subdivision (a).

(B) The factsheet described in subdivision (c).

(2) The department shall make any templates developed pursuant
to this subdivision available on its Internet Web site on or before
August 1, 2015, and shall, upon request, provide written copies of
the template to a school district.

(e) A school district shall not discriminate against a pupil who
does not have health care coverage or use any information relating
to a pupil’s health care coverage or interest in learning about health
care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the pupil
or the pupil’s family.

(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, begin delete 2024, end delete
begin insert 2021, end insert and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that is enacted before January 1, begin delete 2024, end delete begin insert 2021, end insert deletes or extends
that date.

SEC. 2.  

Chapter 11.2 (commencing with Section 66920) is
added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

 

Chapter  11.2. California Health Care Coverage
begin delete Enrollment Assistance end delete Act of 2016

 

66920.  

This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
California Health Care Coverage begin delete Enrollment Assistance end delete Act of
2016.

begin delete

66921.  

The California Health Care Coverage Enrollment
Assistance Act of 2016 is hereby established to provide uninsured
students of the California State University and the California
Community Colleges with information about health care coverage
options and enrollment assistance.

end delete begin delete

66922.  

(a) Commencing with the 2017-18 academic year,
each campus of the California State University and the California
Community Colleges shall identify its uninsured students and offer
these students contact information for local entities to provide
health care enrollment assistance.

(b) Commencing

end delete

begin insert

begin insert 66921. end insert   

end insert

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Commencing end insert with the 2017-18 academic year,
each campus of the California State University and the California
Community Colleges shall offer begin delete uninsured students end delete begin insert every student end insert
information about health care coverage options.

begin delete

(c) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the campus
may do any of the following:

end delete begin delete

(1) Add health insurance screening questions and contact
information for local health care enrollment assistance entities to
its enrollment forms.

end delete begin delete

(2) Develop a screening method to identify uninsured students
and offer these students contact information for local health care
enrollment entities.

end delete begin delete

(3) Partner with local organizations to ensure students who are
identified as uninsured by the campus receive health care
enrollment assistance.

end delete begin delete

(d)

end delete

begin insert (b) end insert  To satisfy the requirements of subdivision begin delete (b), end delete begin insert (a), end insert the
campus may begin delete develop end delete begin insert do either or both of the following: end insert

begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Develop end insert an informational item or amend an existing
enrollment form or Internet Web site to provide begin delete uninsured end delete students
information about health care coverage options. A campus may
use information provided in the standard template developed by
the State Department of Education pursuant to Section 49452.9.

begin delete

(e) A campus of the California State University or the California
Community Colleges may include

end delete

begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Include end insert a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining
basic information about affordable health care coverage options
for students.

begin delete

(f)

end delete

begin insert (c) end insert  A campus of the California State University or the California
Community Colleges shall not discriminate against a student who
does not have health coverage or use any information relating to
a student’s health care coverage or interest in learning about health
care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the student.

begin insert

begin insert 66922. end insert   

This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
1, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.

end insert

SEC. 3.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.