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CA AB2159
Bill
Status
2/10/2020
Primary Sponsor
Jim Wood
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AI Summary
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Repeals existing California Insurance Code Section 10112.1 that tied health insurance lifetime and annual benefit limits to federal law requirements only.
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Establishes a new state law prohibition on individual and group health insurance policies from imposing lifetime limits on the dollar value of benefits for an insured.
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Establishes a new state law prohibition on individual and group health insurance policies from imposing annual limits on the dollar value of benefits for an insured.
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Permits group health insurance policies to place annual or lifetime per-insured limits on specific covered benefits that are not essential health benefits, to the extent allowed under federal or state law.
Legislative Description
Health care coverage.
Last Action
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
3/17/2020