California Health Benefit Exchange: charge on qualified health plans.

Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law requires the board to assess a charge on qualified health plans and supplemental coverage offered by carriers that is reasonable and necessary to support the development, operations, and prudent cash management of the Exchange. This bill would prohibit the board from assessing a charge on qualified health plans or supplemental coverage, on or after January 1, 2016, or increasing that charge thereafter, unless the charge is enacted as a statute.