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10/13/2020
CA Healthcare Legislation
10/06/2020
HIV Status No Longer a Barrier to Disability Coverage and Life Insurance
Governor Newsom signed SB 1255, which ends the practice of denying life and disability income insurance coverage based solely on a positive HIV test. The Equal Insurance HIV Act was sponsored by Senat...
10/06/2020
New Rate Reporting Law for Individual and Small Group Markets
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2118 (Kalra), which requires rate reporting in individual & small-group health insurance markets, similar to requirements in the large group market. “Col...
09/30/2020
Prescription Drug and Mental Health Bills Become Law
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 852 (Pan) to allow California to contract to manufacture generic drugs, lowering costs and increasing access for consumers. He also signed SB 855 (Wiener), which w...
09/23/2020
Protected Unpaid Family Leave is Extended to Very Small Businesses
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1383, which expands the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Beginning January 1, 2021, employers with five or more employees will be subject to CFRA requireme...
09/15/2020
Certain Gig Workers Are Now Exempted from Employee Benefit Requirements
On September 4, 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2257, which would exempt dozens of professional services fields from AB 5’s employee benefit requirements, including photographers, artists...
09/09/2020
California Legislature Passes Two Key Health Bills
The California Legislature adjourned their 2020 session with the passage of two key health bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to sign or veto these measures: Coverage of Substance Use...
09/09/2020
California Legislature Passes Two Key Health Bills
The California Legislature adjourned their 2020 session with the passage of two key health bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to sign or veto these measures: Coverage of Substance Use...
08/12/2020
Mental Health Parity Bill Passes Assembly Health Committee
A Mental Health Parity bill (SB 855) passed the Assembly Health Committee. It would require insurance companies to cover all medically necessary mental health care including early intervention and sub...
01/16/2020
California Bills Would Make Insurers Cover More Mental Health Care
State Senators Jim Beall, D-San Jose, and Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, co-authored two bills that address California’s growing mental health and addiction crises — SB 854 and SB 855. Strengtheni...
12/20/2019
New CA Domestic Partners Definition Goes Into Effect January 1
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 30 on July 30, 2019, allowing all couples to enter into domestic partnerships. Previously domestic partnership in California was only open to same-s...
11/22/2019
