BILL NUMBER:  SB 220
  VETOED	DATE: 09/30/2010




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 220 without my signature.  This bill
represents a costly health mandate that goes beyond current federal
law and removes the ability to manage the ever-increasing costs of
prescription drugs.

Instead, I am signing Assembly Bill 2345 to ensure that the new
federal health reform legislation for preventive services is fairly
and consistently enforced by the Department of Managed Health Care
and Department of Insurance.  Californians will immediately benefit,
starting on September 23, 2010, from the preventive services now
required to be covered by all plans, without cost-sharing
requirements.  Some of these important preventive services include
tobacco cessation; cholesterol tests; counseling for weight loss,
alcohol use and improved nutrition; vision testing; childhood and
adult immunizations; cancer screening; well-baby and well-child
visits; and diabetes management and treatment.

Assembly Bill 2345 ensures that consumers get the right preventive
care without co-pays.  Because Senate Bill 220 goes beyond federal
requirements, it will expose California to potentially significant
unreimbursed mandate costs in 2014 when the remaining provisions of
federal reform take effect.

For this reason, I am unable to sign this bill.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger