Bill Commons

CA AB 1570

in committee

Health care coverage: diagnostic imaging.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1570 pass?

Not yet. CA AB 1570 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-14): In committee: Held under submission.

What is CA AB 1570 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 a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2000, or an individual or group policy of disability insurance or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan to provide coverage for mammography for screening or diagnostic purposes upon referral by specified professionals. Under existing law, mammography performed pursuant to those requirements or that meets the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force is provided to an enrollee or an insured without cost sharing. This bill would require a health care service plan contract, a health insurance policy, or a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2028, to provide coverage without imposing cost sharing for, among other things, screening mammography and medically necessary diagnostic breast imaging, including diagnostic breast imaging following an abnormal mammography result and for an enrollee or insured indicated to have a risk factor associated with breast cancer, except as specified. 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 1570?

Wilson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1570, joined by 10 cosponsors.

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 a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract issued, amended, delivered, or renewed on or after January 1, 2000, or an individual or group policy of disability insurance or self-insured employee welfare benefit plan to provide coverage for mammography for screening or diagnostic purposes upon referral by specified professionals. Under existing law, mammography performed pursuant to those requirements or that meets the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force is provided to an enrollee or an insured without cost sharing. This bill would require a health care service plan contract, a health insurance policy, or a self-insured employee welfare benefit plan issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2028, to provide coverage without imposing cost sharing for, among other things, screening mammography and medically necessary diagnostic breast imaging, including diagnostic breast imaging following an abnormal mammography result and for an enrollee or insured indicated to have a risk factor associated with breast cancer, except as specified. 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
2026-04-08
Latest action
2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wilsonauthor
  • Calozacoauthor
  • Connollycoauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • Haneycoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Pachecocoauthor
  • Pellerincoauthor
  • Quirk-Silvacoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-05-14

    In committee: Held under submission.

  2. 2026-05-14

    Coauthors revised.

  3. 2026-04-22

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  4. 2026-04-13

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2026-04-09

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 7).

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  7. 2026-02-02

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  8. 2026-01-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.

  9. 2026-01-12

    Read first time. To print.

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Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 16-0

    Member-level votes (16)
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Caloza: yes

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1570

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