SB 598 (Skinner, D-Oakland) Details
Held on the Assembly Appropriations Committee suspense file on Sept. 1.
SB 598 would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from requiring prior authorization by a health professional for a health care service if the plan or insurer approved or would have approved not less than 90% of the prior authorization requests they received in the most recent completed one-year contracted period. The bill also requires plans and insurers to establish an electronic prior authorization process.
Mark Farouk
Ben Johnson