Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Bill: SB 227, Sen. Elaine Alquist
Topic: Health insurance
Summary: Empowers a state board to set rules and conditions for a new, federally funded high-risk pool for consumers who cannot get insurance because of pre-existing medical conditions.
Full committee analysis as of June 15: Click here. For more information on the bill, see this menu.
To see other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: SB 1275, Sens. Mark Leno and Darrell Steinberg
Topic: Foreclosures
Summary: Sets new rules for California loan servicing companies to follow before they begin foreclosure actions against homeowners behind in their payments.
Full committee analysis: Click here. For full text of the bill, go here.
To see other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: SB 826, Sen. Jenny Oropeza
Topic: Breast cancer screening
Summary: Would reinstate breast cancer screenings for all low-income women with symptoms and for low-income women over age 40 as a routine preventive service.
Status: Pending in the Senate.
Full committee analysis: Click here. For full text of the bill, go here.
To see other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: SB 1109, Sen. Dave Cox
Topic: Funding for Healthy Families program
Summary: Would shift money from the California Children and Families First trust fund to the Healthy Families program. The trust fund is part of the reserves for the program created by a portion of the tobacco tax passed by voters. This change would also require voter approval.
Status: Pending in the Senate Health Committee.
Full committee analysis: None on file. Click here for full text of the bill.
To see other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: AB 2578, by Assemblyman Dave Jones
Topic: Regulating health insurance rates
Summary: Requires approval by the Department of Managed Health Care or the Department of Insurance of an increase in the amount of the premium, copayment, co-insurance obligation, deductible, and other charges under a health care service plan or health insurance policy.
Status: Introduced in the Assembly.
Full committee analysis: None on file. Click here for full text of the bill.
To see other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: SB 726 by Sen. Roy Ashburn
Topic: Hospital employment of physicians.
Summary: Loosens restrictions on hospitals directly hiring doctors. Allows hospitals in “under-served” areas to hire doctors directly if the hospital is managed by a health care district and the hospital’s physician staff approves the idea to hire doctors directly rather than on a contract basis.
Status: Pending in the Assembly..
Full committee analysis: Look here.
Full text of bill: Look here.
Bill: SB 1210, by Sen. Dean Florez
Topic: Tax on sweetened beverages.
Summary: Places a tax of one penny per teaspoon of sugar on the first sale of sodas and other sweetened beverages or concentrate.
Status: Introduced in the Senate.
Full committee analysis: None on file. Click here for full text of the bill.
To see a list of other legislation we’re tracking, click here.Bill: SB 1, by Sen. Darrell Steinberg
Topic: Children’s health care coverage.
Summary: Expands health coverage for low-income children in the Medi-Cal and Healthy Families programs.
Status: Pending in Senate Health Committee.
Full committee analysis: None on file. Click here for bill text.
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