CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2205Introduced by Assembly Member CarrilloFebruary 15, 2022 An act relating to health care coverage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2205, as introduced, Carrillo. California Health Benefit Exchange: data collection and transparency.Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law prescribes the duties of the board of the Exchange, including requiring a health plan seeking certification as a qualified health plan to submit specified data to the board. Existing law requires the board, if it requires or has previously required a qualified health plan to report on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, or disparity reductions, to make public plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions, as specified.This bill would state the Legislatures intent to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the Exchange. 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. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2205Introduced by Assembly Member CarrilloFebruary 15, 2022 An act relating to health care coverage. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2205, as introduced, Carrillo. California Health Benefit Exchange: data collection and transparency.Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law prescribes the duties of the board of the Exchange, including requiring a health plan seeking certification as a qualified health plan to submit specified data to the board. Existing law requires the board, if it requires or has previously required a qualified health plan to report on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, or disparity reductions, to make public plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions, as specified.This bill would state the Legislatures intent to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the Exchange. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2205
Introduced by Assembly Member CarrilloFebruary 15, 2022
Introduced by Assembly Member Carrillo
February 15, 2022
An act relating to health care coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2205, as introduced, Carrillo. California Health Benefit Exchange: data collection and transparency.
Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law prescribes the duties of the board of the Exchange, including requiring a health plan seeking certification as a qualified health plan to submit specified data to the board. Existing law requires the board, if it requires or has previously required a qualified health plan to report on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, or disparity reductions, to make public plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions, as specified.This bill would state the Legislatures intent to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the Exchange.
Existing federal law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires each state to establish an American Health Benefit Exchange to facilitate the purchase of qualified health benefit plans by qualified individuals and qualified small employers. Existing state law creates the California Health Benefit Exchange (Exchange), also known as Covered California, to facilitate the enrollment of qualified individuals and qualified small employers in qualified health plans as required under PPACA. Existing law prescribes the duties of the board of the Exchange, including requiring a health plan seeking certification as a qualified health plan to submit specified data to the board. Existing law requires the board, if it requires or has previously required a qualified health plan to report on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, or disparity reductions, to make public plan-specific data on cost reduction efforts, quality improvements, and disparity reductions, as specified.
This bill would state the Legislatures intent to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the Exchange.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation requiring greater transparency and data collection from qualified health plans offered through the California Health Benefit Exchange.
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