Legislation Pending for 2006
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Advocating for Consumers in Sacramento Legislative Information Legislation Pending for 2006
This page was updated on 10/8/05
For the most up-to-date information on any bill, go to www.leginfo.ca.gov
Click here for a list of bills of interest for health advocates - Updated October 8 (MS Word Doc)
Go to Active Bills in the 2005 Legislative Cycle
For the bills listed below, you can either go to the full text of the bill or download a Health Access support (or oppose) letter to send to the bill author. Please feel free to use the format in our letters to send your own support (or oppose) letter.
Health Access sponsored bills:
AB774 (Chan), which would provide hospital patients basic consumer financial protections and protect self-pay hospital patients from being charged more than the insured.
View AB774 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB977 (Nava), which as introduced would require the Department of Insurance and the Department of Managed Health Care to review and approve out of pocket costs for consumers in a public process with specific standards.
View AB977 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1111 (Frommer), which as amended would help to provide consumer choice in the individual market.
View AB1111 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
Health Access supports:
AB71 (Chan), which as amended would improve reporting of adverse drug reactions by creating a toll-free number for receiving reports, maintaining a website for public information on adverse reactions, and providing information to the FDA regarding adverse drug reactions.
View AB71 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB74 (Gordon), which as introduced would create a California Rx Prescription Drug hotline to provide information to consumers and prescribers.
View AB74 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB75 (Frommer, Chan), which as introduced would establish a drug discount program for Californians facing high drug costs, including low and moderate income Californians without insurance and those with high out of pocket costs.
View AB75 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB95 (Koretz) which as introduced would require a manufacturer to pay Medi-Cal for the cost of marketing for drugs used for life-threatening chronic conditions and for AIDS.
View AB95 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB437 (Escutia), which as amended March 31, 2005 would expand and protect health insurance coverage for children in order to assure that all California children have the opportunity to have health insurance coverage .
View SB437 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB699 (Chan), which as amended would eliminate semiannual status reports for Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
View AB699 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB711 (Chan) would require expansion of the Healthy Families insurance program to cover parents.
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AB757 (Chan), which as amended April 19, 2005, would prohibit trafficking in provider networks without the knowledge or positive consent of the provider.
View AB757 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1046 (Frommer)
which as introduced would require the creation of a hospital report card, has been amended to deal with the issue of hospital seismic retrofit. Health Access now has no position.
View AB1046 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1239 (Chan), which as proposed to be amended would allow self-certification of assets for some Medi-Cal beneficiaries.
View AB1239 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1321 (Yee) as amended because it protects consumers from being billed by doctors when the consumer does what they are supposed to do by seeking appropriate emergency care or seeking care at a contract hospital.
View AB1321 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB38 (Alquist), which as amended February 16, 2005 would expand the Healthy Families program by covering children up to 300% of the federal poverty level.
View SB38 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB189 (Chesbro), which would require HMOs and health insurers to provide coverage for medically necessary treatment of substance abuse.
View SB189 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB380 (Alquist), which as introduced would require reporting of adverse events for prescription drugs.
View SB380 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB496 (Kuehl), which as amended would allow school districts to draw down more federal funds for Medicaid activities.
View SB496 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB840 (Kuehl) which, as introduced would create a publicly financed system of universal health benefits for every Californian.
View SB840 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB917 (Speier) which as introduced would clarify existing law by requiring that the charges for 25 most common inpatient hospital procedures be made public.
View SB917 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
Health Access supports if amended:
AB562 (Levine), which as introduced would regulate discount health plans that cover services other than basic health care services.
View AB562 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB24 (Ortiz) as introduced would provide hospital patients basic consumer financial protections and would protect self-pay hospital patients from being charged more than the insured.
View SB24 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
Health Access opposes unless amended:
AB1091 (Parra) which as amended would create few if any consumer protections against unscrupulous discount health plans and would rely on discount plans to police themselves.
View AB1091 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1671 (Nation, Richman) would simplify and streamline Medi-Cal and Healthy Families enrollment but would also allow DHS to invade the privacy of Californians by examining income tax, unemployment tax, and other state data bases that contain information on income, assets and other qualifying characteristics.
View AB1671 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1675 (Nation, Richman) would exclude all drugs except generic drugs from the Medi-Cal formulary unless it can be demonstrated that the drug will lead to better patient outcomes.
View AB1675 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
Health Access opposes
AB995 (Canciamilla) would provide tax credits of 50% for small employers offering health insurance to their employees.
View AB995 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1187 (Wolk) would remove devices from the very modest conflict of interest provisions in existing law regarding pharmaceutical marketing.
View AB1187 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1481 (Richman) which would force seniors and persons with disabilities who depend on Medi-Cal into managed care.
View AB1481 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
AB1670 (Nation, Richman) would require every Californian to have health insurance coverage.
View AB1670 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
SB195 (Maldonado) would allow tax credits for health savings accounts.
View SB195 Bill Text | Download Health Access Letter (MS Word)
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