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CA AB2200
Bill
Status
2/7/2024
Primary Sponsor
Ash Kalra
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AI Summary
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Establishes the California Guaranteed Health Care for All program (CalCare) as a single-payer universal health care system governed by a 9-member CalCare Board to provide comprehensive coverage to all state residents without premiums, deductibles, or cost-sharing.
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Creates the CalCare Trust Fund (continuously appropriated) to receive federal payments from Medicare, Medicaid, and Affordable Care Act programs, plus state revenues, for funding health care delivery.
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Requires the Board to conduct a fiscal analysis by July 1 of an unspecified year to determine if CalCare can be implemented and whether revenue is likely to cover costs within eight years.
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Covers comprehensive benefits including inpatient/outpatient care, prescription drugs, mental health services, reproductive care, long-term services and supports, dental and vision care, and ancillary services currently provided under Medi-Cal, Medicare, and CHIP.
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Provides for health care provider participation through negotiated global budgets for institutional providers and fee-for-service payments for individual providers; prohibits participating providers from billing patients for covered services or entering into private contracts for covered benefits.
Legislative Description
Guaranteed Health Care for All.
Last Action
In committee: Held under submission.
5/16/2024