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AB 2179 would allow any party or witness to a petition for a restraining order related to a credible threat of violence or harassment in the workplace to appear remotely at a hearing. It would also allow filings related to such protective orders to be submitted electronically, beginning July 1, 2027. Assembly Judiciary Committee Support...
AB 2095 would make significant changes to California’s criminal background check law. The changes would include the creation of a rebuttable presumption that an applicant’s conviction history is not sufficiently direct and adverse to justify denying the applicant a position. This would apply if the applicant has either completed a sentence for the conviction of...
SB 1089, the Preventative Care Act, would require employers with 100 or more employees to offer coverage for a GLP-1 or GLP-1RA, access to exercise programs, gym memberships, and nutrition programs. Following conversations with the author’s office, amendments are pending to remove these provisions. In addition, large group health care service plan contracts or insurance...
SB 1037 would require the Department of Managed Health Care and the Department of Insurance, in collaboration with the Office of Health Care Affordability, to each conduct an enhanced rate review to determine if health care insurance premiums are affordable for individual and group purchasers.
AB 2431 would prohibit a health care service plan, insurer issuing group, or individual policies of health insurance from using an automated process, system, or tool to downcode a claim. It would also require the insurer to provide a clear and transparent reason why downcoding has occurred and pathway to remedy. In addition, it would...
AB 1628 would would extend California’s Safe Surrender Law by allowing parents to safely surrender a newborn at designated sites up to 30 days after birth, rather than within 72 hours.
AB 2355 would require the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) to engage with relevant stakeholders in developing the comprehensive hospital value strategy. The stakeholders should have firsthand experience, and would include but not be limited to, hospitals, cities, counties, cities and counties, organizations representing these groups, and others as DHCS deems necessary. The bill...
AB 2327 would direct the Department of Health Care Services to require that, starting Jan. 1, 2027, Medi-Cal managed care plans operating as downstream fully or partially delegated subcontractors are paid actuarially sound rates. These rates must be developed using generally accepted actuarial principles and practices. Under the bill, failure to pay the subcontractor in...
AB 1984 would prevent corporations doing business in California from participating in the election process by eliminating their ability to make political expenditures.
AB 1665 would require the State Department of Education to create a student mental health training course that all high school coaches would be required to complete to obtain or renew a California Interscholastic Federation coaching permit.
Assembly Arts, Entertainment, Sports, and Tourism Committee Support Letter