Implementation Guides
The following bills pose some potential implementation issues for our health plans:
AB 988 (Bauer-Kahan) – Mental Health: 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline
AB 2352 (Nazarian) – Prescription Drug Coverage
AB 2530 (Wood) – California Health Benefit Exchange: Financial Assistance
SB 523 (Leyva) – Contraceptive Equity Act of 2022
SB 858 (Wiener) – Health Care Service Plans: Discipline: Civil Penalties
SB 923 (Wiener) – Gender-Affirming Care
SB 987 (Portantino) – California Cancer Care Equity Act
SB 1338 (Umberg) – Community Assistance, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Court Program
SB 1473 (Pan) – Health Care Coverage
Legislative Information
The following bills were enacted into law and while they were of interest to health plans we have no identified implementation issues at this time:
AB 2581 (Salas) – Health Care Coverage: Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders: Provider Credentials
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