SB 29 (Liard) Civil actions: decedent’s cause of action

A coalition of health care advocates, including CSAP, is advocating for SB 29 (Laird) to be amended to exclude medical malpractice cases. You may view their letter and other helpful documents below:
Oppose Unless Amended letter
Myth / Fact handout
Health Care / Cost handout

What prior authorization bills are still moving?

Several bills were introduced this year related to prior authorization. Below is a list of the bills that are still moving through the legislative process.

  • AB 512 (Harabedian) – Shortens the timeline for prior or concurrent authorization requests to be no longer than 48 hours for standard requests or 24 hours for urgent requests.
  • AB 539 (Schiavo) – Requires a prior authorization for a health care service to remain valid for a period of at least one year or throughout the course of the prescribed treatment, if less than one year.
  • SB 306 (Becker) – Requires a covered health care service that has been approved 90% or more times in the prior calendar year to be exempt from health plan or health insurer-imposed prior authorization for one year for in-network contracted providers.
  • AB 669 (Haney) – Prohibits concurrent or retrospective review of medical necessity for the first 28 days of in-network inpatient substance use disorder (SUD) stay. Prohibits concurrent or retrospective review of medical necessity of in-network outpatient SUD visits. Prohibits retrospective review of medical necessity for the first 28 days of in-network intensive outpatient or partial hospitalization SUD services, as specified. Prohibits prior authorization for in-network coverage of medically necessary outpatient prescription drugs to treat SUD.
  • AB 1032 (Harabedian) – Requires a large group health care service plan (health plan) or health insurer to reimburse an eligible enrollee or insured for up to 12 visits per year with a licensed behavioral health (BH) provider if the enrollee or insured is in a county where a local or state emergency has been declared due to wildfires. Contains an urgency clause to ensure that the provisions of this bill go into immediate effect upon enactment.