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CA AB1415

Bill

Status

Passed

10/11/2025

Primary Sponsor

Mia Bonta

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands the Office of Health Care Affordability's oversight to include management services organizations (MSOs), requiring them to submit data and report agreements or transactions involving health care entities

  • Defines "hedge fund" and "private equity group" for regulatory purposes, establishing which investment entities are subject to reporting requirements when entering transactions with health care entities

  • Requires "noticing entities" (private equity groups, hedge funds, MSOs, and entities controlling providers) to provide 90-day written notice to the office before entering agreements that transfer material assets or control of health care entities

  • Updates the definition of "provider" to include physician organizations, health facilities, clinics, ambulatory surgical centers, clinical laboratories, and imaging facilities

  • Adds MSOs to the office's ongoing research and evaluation responsibilities to determine their impact on health care cost, quality, equity, and workforce stability

Legislative Description

California Health Care Quality and Affordability Act.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 641, Statutes of 2025.

10/11/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/26/2025
Health5/28/2025
Rules5/15/2025
Appropriations4/23/2025
Health3/13/2025

Full Bill Text

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