BILL ANALYSIS                                                                                                                                                                                                    �



                                                                  AB 2301
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          Date of Hearing:   May 7, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                   AB 2301 (Mansoor) - As Amended:  April 30, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              HealthVote:18-1

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the California Health Benefit Exchange  
          (Exchange) to prepare a quarterly report that provides various  
          statistics related to applications, enrollees, and disenollments  
          under individual health plans purchased through the Exchange.  

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible state fiscal effect. 

           COMMENTS  

           1)Purpose  . According to the author, this bill creates  
            transparency by allowing public review of detailed data  
            including enrollees by age, ethnicity, gender, income level,  
            level of benefits purchased, and geographic region in  
            California.  The author asserts that it is also important to  
            examine those who have disenrolled from coverage, the reasons  
            why they disenrolled, and whether there are any barriers that  
            are inherent to the Exchange.  

           2)Background  .  The Exchange currently releases monthly  
            enrollment statistics that include most of the information  
            this bill requires, with the exception of disenrollments and  
            specific income levels.  


          Analysis Prepared by  :    Lisa Murawski / APPR. / (916) 319-2081 












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