CA AB 2011
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2011 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2011 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 915, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2011 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 federal law, the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) , requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits to ensure that financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than the predominant requirements or limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits. Existing state law requires an individual, small group, or large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the MHPAEA and specified federal rules, regulations, and guidance. This bill would require the above-described contracts and policies to provide covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with specified federal rules, regulations, and guidance as they existed on January 1, 2025. Because a violation of these requirements by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require the departments to review provisions of the bill that conflict with or materially differ from federal regulations and collaborate with each other to issue guidance on compliance. 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 2011?
Hart is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2011, joined by 3 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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing federal law, the federal Paul Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (MHPAEA) , requires group health plans and health insurance issuers that provide both medical and surgical benefits and mental health or substance use disorder benefits to ensure that financial requirements and treatment limitations applicable to mental health or substance use disorder benefits are no more restrictive than the predominant requirements or limitations applied to substantially all medical and surgical benefits. Existing state law requires an individual, small group, or large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy to provide covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the MHPAEA and specified federal rules, regulations, and guidance. This bill would require the above-described contracts and policies to provide covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with specified federal rules, regulations, and guidance as they existed on January 1, 2025. Because a violation of these requirements by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also require the departments to review provisions of the bill that conflict with or materially differ from federal regulations and collaborate with each other to issue guidance on compliance. 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
- 2026-06-11
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 915, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hartauthor
- Wienerprincipal coauthor
- Patelcoauthor
- Pellerincoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 915, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-28
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-24
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 13.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 6407.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-20
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 5585.).
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-22
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-15
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-06-11
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 10).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,referral-committee
2026-05-06
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-04-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-04-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 10. Page 4834.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-09
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 8).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (March 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-02
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2026-02-18
From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
2026-02-17
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-24 · pass · 13-2
Member-level votes (16)
- Caloza: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Addis: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Patel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Johnson: no
- Chen: no
- Patterson: other
Do pass.
2026-04-08 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Dixon: no
- Ta: no
- Hoover: no
- Tangipa: no
- Calderon: other
AB 2011 Hart Assembly Third Reading
2026-04-27 · pass · 54-10
Member-level votes (80)
- Irwin: yes
- Soria: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Berman: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Patel: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ramos: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Solache: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Johnson: no
- Davies: no
- Hadwick: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Hoover: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Ta: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Macedo: other
- Alanis: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Patterson: other
- Bains: other
- Stefani: other
- Bonta: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
- Gabriel: other
- Boerner: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Bryan: other
- Gallagher: other
- Ellis: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-10 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (11)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: no
- Grove: no
- Gonzalez: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-06-22 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: other
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