California Senate Bill SB1196 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: SB 1196AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 26, 2012 INTRODUCED BY Senator Hernandez  (   Coauthor:   Senator   Gaines   )  FEBRUARY 22, 2012 An act to add Section 1367.50 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10117.52 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1196, as amended, Hernandez. Claims data disclosure. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensing 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 Insurance Commissioner. Except as specified, existing law prohibits a provider of health care, a health care service plan, or contractor from disclosing medical information regarding a patient of the provider of health care or an enrollee or subscriber of a health care service plan without first obtaining an authorization. Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make available to qualified entities, as defined, specified claims data relating to Medicare in order to evaluate the performance of providers and suppliers. This bill would provide that no contract  or health insurance policy   in existence or  issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2013, between a health care service plan  or a health insurer  and a provider, as specified, shall prohibit, condition, or in any way restrict the disclosure of claims data  ,  related to health care services  or coverage  provided to specified individuals  ,  to a qualified entity, as defined. Because a willful violation of the act by a health care service plan would constitute 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. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 1367.50 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read: 1367.50. Notwithstanding Section 56.10 of the Civil Code, no contract  in existence   or  issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2013, between a health care service plan and a provider, including a provider of supplies, shall prohibit, condition, or in any way restrict the disclosure of claims data  ,  related to health care services provided to an enrollee or subscriber of the health care service plan or beneficiaries of any self-funded health coverage arrangement administered by the health care service plan  ,  to a qualified entity, as defined in Section 1395kk of Title 42 of the United States Code. SEC. 2. Section 10117.52 is added to the Insurance Code, to read: 10117.52. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no health insurance  policy   contract in existence or  issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2013, between a health insurer and a provider, including a provider of supplies, shall prohibit, condition, or in any way restrict the disclosure of claims data  ,  related to  coverage   health care   services  provided to insureds or beneficiaries of any self-insured health coverage arrangement administered by  a carrier   the insurer,  to a qualified entity, as defined in Section 1395kk of Title 42 of the United States Code. SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.