CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1309Introduced by Senator MonningFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care service plans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1309, as introduced, Monning. Health care service plans.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 establishes the Department of Managed Health Care to execute the laws of this state relating to health care service plans and the health care service plan business. Existing law makes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care the chief officer of the department. Existing law requires the director to consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations applicable to health care service plans that are subject to the act and other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of regulations applicable to these plans and entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the director.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1309Introduced by Senator MonningFebruary 21, 2020 An act to amend Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care service plans. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 1309, as introduced, Monning. Health care service plans.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 establishes the Department of Managed Health Care to execute the laws of this state relating to health care service plans and the health care service plan business. Existing law makes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care the chief officer of the department. Existing law requires the director to consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations applicable to health care service plans that are subject to the act and other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of regulations applicable to these plans and entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the director.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1309
Introduced by Senator MonningFebruary 21, 2020
Introduced by Senator Monning
February 21, 2020
An act to amend Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to health care service plans.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1309, as introduced, Monning. Health care service plans.
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 establishes the Department of Managed Health Care to execute the laws of this state relating to health care service plans and the health care service plan business. Existing law makes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care the chief officer of the department. Existing law requires the director to consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations applicable to health care service plans that are subject to the act and other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of regulations applicable to these plans and entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the director.This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.
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 establishes the Department of Managed Health Care to execute the laws of this state relating to health care service plans and the health care service plan business. Existing law makes the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care the chief officer of the department. Existing law requires the director to consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations applicable to health care service plans that are subject to the act and other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of regulations applicable to these plans and entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the director.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to that requirement.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
SECTION 1. Section 1342.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:
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1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.
1342.5. The director shall consult with the Insurance Commissioner prior to adopting any regulations that are applicable to health care service plans subject to this chapter and to other entities governed by the Insurance Code for the specific purpose of ensuring, to the extent practical, that there is consistency of in the regulations that are applicable to these plans and the other entities by the Insurance Commissioner and the Director of the Department of Managed Health Care.