BILL NUMBER: SB 480 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 990
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 10, 1999
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 10, 1999
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 1999
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 7, 1999
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 1999
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 16, 1999
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 10, 1999
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 2, 1999
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 15, 1999
INTRODUCED BY Senator Solis
(Coauthor: Senator Hayden)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bock, Keeley, Knox, Romero, and
Steinberg)
FEBRUARY 18, 1999
An act to add Division 25 (commencing with Section 25000) to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 480, Solis. Health care coverage.
Existing law provides for the regulation of health care providers
by various state agencies.
This bill would require the Secretary of the California Health and
Human Services Agency to submit a report to the Legislature, on or
before December 1, 2001, concerning the results of the process
established to examine the options for providing universal health
care coverage.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Division 25 (commencing with Section 25000) is added to
the Welfare and Institutions Code, to read:
DIVISION 25. HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
25000. It is the intent of the Legislature to create a process by
which the options for achieving universal health care coverage can
be thoroughly examined.
25001. The Secretary of the California Health and Human Services
Agency shall report back to the Legislature on the options for
achieving universal health care coverage, including:
(a) The options for financing universal health coverage.
(b) The institutional mechanism or mechanisms by which universal
health coverage may be delivered.
(c) The extent and scope of the health coverage which all
California residents may have.
25002. To develop the options for achieving universal health care
coverage described in Section 25001, the secretary shall establish a
process by which these options are developed. The process shall at
a minimum include the following:
(a) The examination and utilization of research results from the
study performed by the University of California with regard to
methods of financing, delivering and defining universal health
coverage, done pursuant to the criteria in Senate Concurrent
Resolution 100 of the 1997-1998 Regular Session of the Legislature.
(b) The examination and utilization of other data and information,
as requested by the secretary or provided to the secretary, with
regard to methods of financing, delivering, or defining universal
health coverage.
(c) Developing a process by which representatives of health care
consumers, providers, insurers, health care workers, advocates,
counties, and all other interested parties are engaged in discussion
and debate of the issues faced by the state in providing universal
health coverage. The secretary shall develop the methods by which
this discussion occurs, provided that it is broadly inclusive of all
groups with an interest in universal health coverage.
(d) Interagency participation including, but not limited to, the
State Department of Health Services, the State Department of Mental
Health, the Department of Finance, the Managed Risk Medical Insurance
Board, the Department of Consumer Affairs, the Public Employees'
Retirement System, the State Department of Social Services, the
Department of Corporations, the Department of Insurance, and any
other appropriate agencies which the secretary determines can
contribute to the effort to provide universal health coverage.
(e) Obtaining information from the United States Health Care
Financing Administration regarding whether federal waivers or other
forms of federal participation if necessary.
25003. The secretary shall report back to the Legislature on or
before December 1, 2001, on the results of the process established to
examine the options for providing universal health coverage.