CaliforniaHealth care coverage: autism.
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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism and defines "behavioral health treatment" to mean specified services and treatment programs, including treatment provided pursuant to a treatment plan that is prescribed by a qualified autism service provider and administered either by a qualified autism service provider or by a qualified autism service professional or qualified autism service paraprofessional.
More detail
Existing law defines "qualified autism service provider," "qualified autism service professional," and "qualified autism service paraprofessional" for those purposes. Those definitions are contained in the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code.
This bill would move those definitions to the Business and Professions Code. The bill would also make technical and conforming changes.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1367.27 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10133.15 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 280 to be operative only if this bill and AB 280 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1374.73 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10144.51 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 951 to be operative only if this bill and AB 951 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 653 and SB 848, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Oct 6Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Oct 6Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Sep 22Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.To Governor
- Sep 11Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB402 Valladares Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Sep 9In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 402 Valladares Senate Third Reading By Nguyen. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 9Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Sep 5Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Sep 5Read third time and amended.Major
- Sep 5Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
- Aug 27Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 27Read third time and amended.Major
- Jul 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Jul 16From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 15).Minor
- Jul 15
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 9Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.Minor
- Jun 4In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Jun 3Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1469.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Apr 21From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 21).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 18Set for hearing April 21.
- Feb 26Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.Minor
- Feb 18From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- Feb 14Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced