CaliforniaHealth care coverage: behavioral diagnoses.
What it does
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism.
More detail
This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, from requiring an enrollee or insured previously diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder or autism to receive a rediagnosis to maintain coverage for behavioral health treatment for their condition. The bill would require a treatment plan to be made available to the plan or insurer upon request. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jul 30Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Jul 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Jul 18Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.To Governor
- Jul 14Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2532.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 951 Ta Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 10In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd AB951 Ta et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 10Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.).Passed Senate
- Jul 8Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jul 7From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Jun 23Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 19From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).Major
- Jun 18
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- May 7Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Apr 24In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- Vote recorded AB 951 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 24Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1279.)Passed Assembly
- Apr 10Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.Minor
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 26From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Mar 26Coauthors revised.
- Mar 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 10Referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- Feb 20Read first time. To print.Introduced