CA AB 1843
enactedCommunicable diseases: hepatitis C.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1843 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1843 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1843 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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer from subjecting antiretroviral drugs that are medically necessary for the prevention of HIV/AIDS to prior authorization or step therapy. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan and health insurer from subjecting direct-acting antiviral drugs that are medically necessary for the treatment of hepatitis C to prior authorization. The bill would specify that these provisions do not require a health care service plan or health insurer to cover all therapeutically equivalent versions without prior authorization, as specified. Because a 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 1843?
Elhawary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1843.
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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally prohibits a health care service plan or health insurer from subjecting antiretroviral drugs that are medically necessary for the prevention of HIV/AIDS to prior authorization or step therapy. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan and health insurer from subjecting direct-acting antiviral drugs that are medically necessary for the treatment of hepatitis C to prior authorization. The bill would specify that these provisions do not require a health care service plan or health insurer to cover all therapeutically equivalent versions without prior authorization, as specified. Because a 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
- 2026-03-02
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Elhawaryauthor
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-10
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.).
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14.).
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2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 6914.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-26
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-04
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-03
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
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2026-06-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-09
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2026-06-08
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-05-21
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-21
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 5178.)
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2026-05-07
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-06
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (May 6).
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2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-03
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-03-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended.
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2026-02-23
Referred to Coms. on HEALTH, P. & C.P. and JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-12
From printer. May be heard in committee March 14.
2026-02-11
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/11/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-11Compare
- 03/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-02Compare
- 06/08/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-08Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/26/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-26Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 12-2
Member-level votes (16)
- Patel: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Sanchez: no
- Johnson: no
- Patterson: other
- Chen: other
Do pass.
2026-05-06 · pass · 10-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Solache: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Krell: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Hoover: no
- Ta: other
- Arambula: other
- Dixon: other
AB 1843 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-21 · pass · 57-13
Member-level votes (80)
- Lowenthal: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Papan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Haney: yes
- Solache: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patel: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bains: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Hart: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ellis: no
- Castillo: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Johnson: no
- Macedo: no
- Flora: no
- Sanchez: no
- Davies: no
- Hoover: no
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Ta: other
- Ramos: other
- Dixon: other
- Garcia: other
- Lackey: other
- Arambula: other
- Wallis: other
- Chen: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-24 · pass · 8-1
Member-level votes (11)
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grove: no
- Menjivar: other
- Valladares: other
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