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CA AB 951

enacted

Health care coverage: behavioral diagnoses.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 951 pass?

Yes. CA AB 951 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-30. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 951 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 or health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, from requiring an enrollee or insured previously diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder or autism to receive a rediagnosis to maintain coverage for behavioral health treatment for their condition. The bill would require a treatment plan to be made available to the plan or insurer upon request. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, the 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 951?

Ta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 951, joined by 4 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 or health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism. This bill would prohibit a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026, from requiring an enrollee or insured previously diagnosed with pervasive developmental disorder or autism to receive a rediagnosis to maintain coverage for behavioral health treatment for their condition. The bill would require a treatment plan to be made available to the plan or insurer upon request. Because a willful violation of this provision by a health care service plan would be a crime, the 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
2025-06-19
Latest action
2025-07-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Taauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • DeMaiocoauthor
  • Nguyencoauthor
  • Menjivarcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  3. 2025-03-10

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-03-26

    Coauthors revised.

  6. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 9).

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  7. 2025-04-10

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1279.)

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  9. 2025-04-24

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  10. 2025-05-07

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  11. 2025-06-19

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18).

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  12. 2025-06-23

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-07-07

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2025-07-08

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  15. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2043.).

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  16. 2025-07-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  17. 2025-07-14

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2532.).

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  18. 2025-07-18

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

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  19. 2025-07-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-07-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-16Compare
  • 07/30/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-30Compare
  • AB951Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Arambula: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 951 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-04-24 · pass · 75-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ellis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gallagher: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Harabedian: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-18 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (11)
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Gonzalez: other

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB951 Ta et al.

    2025-07-10 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Grayson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Pérez: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Umberg: other

  • AB 951 Ta Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-07-14 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bonta: other
    • Lee: other
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes

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