CA SB 402
enactedHealth care coverage: autism.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 402 pass?
Yes. CA SB 402 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 402 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 requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism and defines "behavioral health treatment" to mean specified services and treatment programs, including treatment provided pursuant to a treatment plan that is prescribed by a qualified autism service provider and administered either by a qualified autism service provider or by a qualified autism service professional or qualified autism service paraprofessional. Existing law defines "qualified autism service provider," "qualified autism service professional," and "qualified autism service paraprofessional" for those purposes. Those definitions are contained in the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code. This bill would move those definitions to the Business and Professions Code. The bill would also make technical and conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1367.27 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10133.15 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 280 to be operative only if this bill and AB 280 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1374.73 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10144.51 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 951 to be operative only if this bill and AB 951 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 653 and SB 848, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA SB 402?
Valladares is the primary sponsor of CA SB 402.
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 requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy to provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism and defines "behavioral health treatment" to mean specified services and treatment programs, including treatment provided pursuant to a treatment plan that is prescribed by a qualified autism service provider and administered either by a qualified autism service provider or by a qualified autism service professional or qualified autism service paraprofessional. Existing law defines "qualified autism service provider," "qualified autism service professional," and "qualified autism service paraprofessional" for those purposes. Those definitions are contained in the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code. This bill would move those definitions to the Business and Professions Code. The bill would also make technical and conforming changes. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1367.27 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10133.15 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 280 to be operative only if this bill and AB 280 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1374.73 of the Health and Safety Code and Section 10144.51 of the Insurance Code proposed by AB 951 to be operative only if this bill and AB 951 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 11165.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 653 and SB 848, to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-14
- Latest action
- 2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Valladaresauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on B. P. & E.D.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 808.) (April 21).
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2025-04-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1469.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-06-04
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-09
Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and HEALTH.
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2025-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 15).
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2025-07-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-27
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-27
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
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2025-09-05
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-09
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2025-10-06
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-06
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 413, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass
2025-04-21 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Niello: yes
3rd Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Laird: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grove: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Jones: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Limón: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]
2025-07-01 · pass · 17-0
Member-level votes (18)
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Flora: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Haney: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ahrens: other
Do pass.
2025-07-15 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (16)
- Bonta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Flora: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Addis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Patel: yes
- Schiavo: other
SB 402 Valladares Senate Third Reading By Nguyen
2025-09-09 · pass · 77-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: other
- Bryan: other
- Ramos: other
Unfinished Business SB402 Valladares Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
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