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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 2345
          Author:   De La Torre (D)
          Amended:  8/17/10 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE HEALTH COMMITTEE  :  6-2, 6/30/10
          AYES:  Alquist, Cedillo, Leno, Negrete McLeod, Pavley,  
            Romero
          NOES:  Strickland, Aanestad
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cox

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  7-4, 8/12/10
          AYES:  Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Yee
          NOES:  Ashburn, Emmerson, Walters, Wyland
           
          ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  Not relevant


           SUBJECT  :    Health care coverage:  preventative services

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires health care service plan  
          contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended,  
          renewed, or delivered on or after September 23, 2010, to  
          comply with the provisions of the federal Patient  
          Protection and Affordable Care Act regarding coverage of,  
          and cost-sharing for, preventive services and any rules or  
          regulations issued pursuant to those provisions to the  
          extent required under federal law.

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           ANALYSIS  :    

          Existing federal law:

          1. Requires, under the Patient Protection and Affordable  
             Care Act (PPACA) (Public Law 111 - 148), health plans  
             and issuers, subject to the minimum interval established  
             by the United States Secretary of the Department of  
             Health and Human Services, to provide coverage, and not  
             impose cost-sharing requirements, for the following  
             preventive services with respect to plan years beginning  
             on and after September 23, 2010.

          Existing state law provides for the licensure and  
          regulation of health care service plans by the Department  
          of Managed Health Care and of health insurers by the  
          Department of Insurance. 

          This bill requires health care service plan contracts and  
          health insurance policies issued, amended, renewed, or  
          delivered on or after September 23, 2010, to comply with  
          the provisions of the PPACA regarding coverage of, and  
          cost-sharing for, preventive services and any rules or  
          regulations issued pursuant to those provisions to the  
          extent required under federal law.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  Yes

          Unknown with recent amendments.


          CTW:mw  8/17/10   Senate Floor Analyses 

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