CA AB 1041
enactedHealth care coverage: health care provider credentials.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1041 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1041 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 1041 about?
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of disability and health insurers by the Department of Insurance. This bill would require every full service health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, to subscribe to and use the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare credentialing form on and after January 1, 2028, except as specified. Existing law requires a health care service plan or disability insurer that provides coverage for mental health and substance use disorders and that credentials health care providers of those services for its networks to assess and verify the qualifications of a health care provider within 60 days after receiving a completed provider credentialing application. This bill would, except as provided above and within one year of the bill's operative date, require every health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, that credentials health care providers for its networks to make a determination regarding the credentials of a provider within 90 days after receiving a completed provider credentialing application. The bill would require every health care service plan or health insurer to activate the provider upon successful approval and notify the applicant of the activation, as specified. If the health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, does not meet the 90-day requirement, the bill would require the applicant's credentials to be provisionally approved for 120 days unless specified circumstances apply, including that the applicant is subject to discipline by the licensing entity for that applicant. The bill would exclude Medi-Cal managed care plans from these provisions. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors CA AB 1041?
Bennett is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1041, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful violation of the act's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of disability and health insurers by the Department of Insurance. This bill would require every full service health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, to subscribe to and use the Council for Affordable Quality Healthcare credentialing form on and after January 1, 2028, except as specified. Existing law requires a health care service plan or disability insurer that provides coverage for mental health and substance use disorders and that credentials health care providers of those services for its networks to assess and verify the qualifications of a health care provider within 60 days after receiving a completed provider credentialing application. This bill would, except as provided above and within one year of the bill's operative date, require every health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, that credentials health care providers for its networks to make a determination regarding the credentials of a provider within 90 days after receiving a completed provider credentialing application. The bill would require every health care service plan or health insurer to activate the provider upon successful approval and notify the applicant of the activation, as specified. If the health care service plan or health insurer, or its delegate, does not meet the 90-day requirement, the bill would require the applicant's credentials to be provisionally approved for 120 days unless specified circumstances apply, including that the applicant is subject to discipline by the licensing entity for that applicant. The bill would exclude Medi-Cal managed care plans from these provisions. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-03
- Latest action
- 2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bennettauthor
- Addiscoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2025-03-10
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-04-03
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 1).
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2025-04-07
Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 2. Page 2011.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-06-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-07-03
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 2).
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2025-07-07
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 1. Page 2587.).
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2025-09-08
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-09
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 2. Page 3115.).
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2025-09-16
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-11
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-11
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 630, Statutes of 2025.
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Versions
- 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
- 04/07/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-07Compare
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
- 06/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-24Compare
- 07/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-07Compare
- 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
- 09/11/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-11Compare
- 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-01 · pass · 12-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Patel: yes
- Addis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: other
- Sanchez: other
- Flora: other
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Dixon: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 1041 Bennett Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 61-2
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Flora: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ward: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
- Tangipa: other
- Ellis: other
- Alanis: other
- Hadwick: other
- Gallagher: other
- Wallis: other
- Castillo: other
- Hoover: other
- Lackey: other
- Chen: other
- Valencia: other
- Dixon: other
- Macedo: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-02 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Valladares: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: other
- Seyarto: other
3rd Reading AB1041 Bennett et al. By Menjivar
2025-09-08 · pass · 30-1
Member-level votes (40)
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grove: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: no
- Niello: other
- Jones: other
- Choi: other
- Stern: other
- Seyarto: other
- Strickland: other
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Dahle: other
- Valladares: other
AB 1041 Bennett Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-09 · pass · 67-2
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Johnson: other
- Dixon: other
- Hadwick: other
- Tangipa: other
- Lackey: other
- Macedo: other
- Sanchez: other
- Chen: other
- Castillo: other
- Ellis: other
- Ta: other
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