California Health Benefit Review Program: financial impacts.

Existing law, until July 1, 2017, requests the University of California to establish the California Health Benefit Review Program to assess, among other things, legislation that proposes to mandate or repeal a mandated benefit or service, as defined. Existing law requests the University of California to prepare a written analysis with relevant data on public health, medical, financial, and other impacts of that legislation, as specified. Existing law requests the University of California to provide the analysis to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature, as specified, and to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature regarding the implementation of these provisions by January 1, 2017. Existing law establishes the Health Care Benefits Fund in the State Treasury to effectively support the University of California and its work in implementing these provisions. This bill would additionally request the University of California to include in its analysis, as part of the financial impacts of the above legislation, relevant data on the impact of coverage or repeal of coverage of the benefit or service on anticipated costs or savings estimated upon implementation for the 2 subsequent state fiscal years and, if applicable, for the 5 subsequent state fiscal years, as specified. This bill would make its provisions operative on July 1, 2017, and only if the California Health Benefit Review Program is reauthorized, as specified.