SB 166 California Senate · 2011-2012 Regular Session

Health care coverage: mental illness: autism spectrum disorders.

Summary

(1) Existing law provides for licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. A willful violation of these provisions is a crime. Existing law provides for regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies, with specified exceptions, to provide benefits for behavioral health treatment for pervasive development disorder or autism. This bill would exempt certain child-only health care service plan contracts administered by counties or other specified local entities from the requirement to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive development disorder or autism.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2011

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 3, 2011 Last action Jan 31, 2012

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Committee

Apr 7, 2011

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

upper

Feb 17, 2011

Committee

Referred to Com. on RLS.

upper

Feb 3, 2011

Introduced

Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

upper

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors