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CA AB2200

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/7/2024

Primary Sponsor

Ash Kalra

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Origin

State Assembly

2023-2024 Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Appropriations4/29/2024
Health3/21/2024

Full Bill Text

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