- Stage
- Became law
- Started in
- Senate
- Sponsor
- 1
- Latest action
- Jul 31, 2017
What it does
Existing federal law generally requires a health insurance issuer that offers group or individual health insurance coverage that provides both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits to establish parity in the terms and conditions applicable to medical and mental health benefits, as specified. Existing state law subjects nongrandfathered individual and small group health insurance policies that provide coverage for essential health benefits to those provisions of federal law governing mental health parity. Existing law requires every policy of disability insurance that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses in this state to provide coverage…
Where it stands
This bill passed and is now law.
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Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
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Where it goes next
Once a bill is decided, the questions are about what is done with it in California.