High-profile Health-care Bills Still in the Works
AB 2088: Would ban large employers from offering only limited benefit plans.
SB 1182: Would establish rate review for large employers.
SB 964: Would require state regulators to do annual reviews for timely access and network adequacy in Medi-Cal managed care and the individual market.
SB 1176: Would require insurers to track out-of-pocket costs and reimburse consumers when they hit their cap.
AB 1917: Would spread out cost sharing so high-cost patients with HIV/AIDS, cancer and other diseases won’t face thousands of dollars in one month.
AB 1962: Would require dental plans to report how much of their premium dollar is spend on dental care, as opposed to administration and profits.
AB 2325: Would create a medical interpreter program for Medi-Cal.
SB 492: Would allow optometrists to earn a certificate to treat more conditions.
AB 2062: Would establish minimum education and certification standards for surgical technologists.