BILL NUMBER: AB 1586INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Garrick FEBRUARY 6, 2012 An act to amend Section 1389.1 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care coverage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1586, as introduced, Garrick. Health care service plans: contract requirements. 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. A willful violation of the act is a crime. Existing law prohibits the director of the department from approving any plan contract unless he or she finds the application conforms to specified requirements. This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to these provisions. 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 1389.1 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read: 1389.1. (a) The director shall not approve any plan contract unlessthe directorhe or she finds that the application conforms to both of the following requirements: (1) All applications for coverage which include health-related questions shall contain clear and unambiguous questions designed to ascertain the health condition or history of the applicant. (2) The application questions related to an applicant's health shall be based on medical information that is reasonable and necessary for medical underwriting purposes. The application shall include a prominently displayed notice that shall read: "California law prohibits an HIV test from being required or used by health care service plans as a condition of obtaining coverage." (b) Nothing in this section shall authorize the director to establish or require a single or standard application form for application questions.