AB 2308, as amended, Roger Hernández. Health care coverage: information to students.
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, has minimum essential health care coverage.
This bill would establish the California Health Care Coverage Act of 2016, which would require
the California State University and the California Community Colleges to provide their students information aboutbegin delete health care coverage optionsend deletebegin insert insurance affordability programsend insert
commencing with the 2017-18 academic year. The act would authorize each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges to meet this requirement by developing an informational item or amending an existing enrollment form or Internet Web site to provide students information aboutbegin delete health care coverage options,end deletebegin insert insurance affordability programs,end insert as specified. The act would authorize each campus to also meet this requirement by including a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining basic information aboutbegin delete affordable health care coverage optionsend deletebegin insert insurance affordability programsend insert for students.
The bill would repeal these new provisions on January 1, 2021.
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, 2021, 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 49452.9 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) Commencing with the 2015-16 school year, and
4each school year thereafter, a public school, including a charter
5school, shall add an informational item to its enrollment forms, or
6amend an existing enrollment form, in order to provide the parent
7or legal guardian information about health care coverage options
8and enrollment assistance.
9(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), a school may
10do either of the following:
11(1) Use a template developed pursuant to subdivision (d).
12(2) Develop an informational item or amend an existing
13enrollment form to provide
information about health care coverage
14options and enrollment assistance.
15(c) A school may include a factsheet with its enrollment forms
16explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage
17options for children and families.
18(d) (1) The department shall develop a standardized template
19for both of the following:
20(A) The informational item or amendment required by
21subdivision (a).
22(B) The factsheet described in subdivision (c).
23(2) The department shall make any templates developed pursuant
24to this subdivision available on its Internet Web site on or before
25August
1, 2015, and shall, upon request, provide written copies of
26the template to a school district.
27(e) A school district shall not discriminate against a pupil who
28does not have health care coverage or use any information relating
29to a pupil’s health care coverage or interest in learning about health
30care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the pupil
31or the pupil’s family.
P4 1(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021,
2and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
3is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.
Chapter 11.2 (commencing with Section 66920) is
5added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
6to read:
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This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
12California Health Care Coverage Act of 2016.
(a) Commencing with the 2017-18 academic year,
14each campus of the California State University and the California
15Community Colleges shall offer every student information about
16
begin delete health care coverage options.end deletebegin insert end insertbegin insertinsurance affordability programs,
17including how to apply for Medi-Cal and Covered California.end insert
18 (b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), the campus
19may do either or both of the following:
20(1) Develop an informational item or amend an existing
21enrollment form or Internet Web site to provide students
22information aboutbegin delete health care coverage options.end deletebegin insert end insertbegin insertinsurance
23affordability programs, including how to apply for Medi-Cal and
24Covered California.end insert A campus may use information provided in
25the standard template developed by the State Department of
26Education pursuant to Section 49452.9.
27 (2) Include a factsheet with its enrollment forms explaining
28basic information aboutbegin delete affordable health care coverage options begin insert
insurance affordability programs, including how to
29for students.end delete
30apply for Medi-Cal and Covered California.end insert
31(c) A campus of the California State University or the California
32Community Colleges shall not discriminate against a student who
33does not have health coverage or use any information relating to
34a student’s health care coverage or interest in learning about health
35care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the student.
This chapter shall remain in effect only until January
371, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
38statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
39that date.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
2this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
3local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
4pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
54 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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