BILL NUMBER: AB 1595	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jones

                        JANUARY 4, 2010

   An act relating to health care reform.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1595, as introduced, Jones. Health care reform.
   Existing law does not provide a system of universal health care
coverage for California residents. Existing law provides for the
creation of various programs to provide health care services to
persons who have limited incomes and meet various eligibility
requirements. These programs include the Healthy Families Program
administered by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, and the
Medi-Cal program administered by the State Department of Health Care
Services. Existing law provides for the regulation of health care
service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and health
insurers by the Department of Insurance.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would implement federal health care reform in this
state.
   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 implement federal health care reform in this
state.