BILL NUMBER: AB 1846	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gordon

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 10704 of the Insurance Code, relating to
health care coverage.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1846, as introduced, Gordon. Small employer health insurance.
   Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the
Insurance Commissioner and requires certain health insurers that
write, issue, or administer health benefit plans that cover employees
of small employers to comply with certain requirements. Existing law
authorizes the commissioner to issue regulations necessary to carry
out the purposes of those small employer health insurance
requirements, as specified.
   This bill would make various technical, nonsubstantive changes to
that provision.
   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.  Section 10704 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:

   10704.  The commissioner may issue regulations that are necessary
to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Prior to the public
comment period required  on   with respect to
 the regulations under the Administrative Procedure Act 
(Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code)  , the commissioner shall
provide the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care with a
copy of the proposed regulations. The Director of the Department of
Managed Health Care shall have 30 days to notify the commissioner in
writing of any comments on the regulations. The Director of the
Department of Managed Health Care's comments shall be included in the
public notice issued on the regulations. Any rules and regulations
issued pursuant to this  subdivision   section
 may be adopted as emergency regulations in accordance with the
Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section
11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
Until December 31, 1994, the adoption of these regulations shall be
deemed an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of
the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare. The regulations
shall be enforced by the director.