CA SB 62
enactedHealth care coverage: essential health benefits.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
Quick answers
Did CA SB 62 pass?
Yes. CA SB 62 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 739, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA SB 62 about?
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, requires the Department of Managed Health Care to license and regulate health care service plans and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law requires an individual or small group health care service plan contract issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, to include, at a minimum, coverage for essential health benefits pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract to cover the same health benefits that the benchmark plan, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Small Group HMO 30 plan, offered during the first quarter of 2014, as specified. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to review California's essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a new benchmark plan for the 2027 plan year for health care service plans. The bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, if the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the state, as specified, the benchmark plan for health care service plans to include certain additional benefits, including coverage for specified fertility services and specified durable medical equipment. Because a violation of the bill 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 SB 62?
Menjivar is the primary sponsor of CA SB 62, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, requires the Department of Managed Health Care to license and regulate health care service plans and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law requires an individual or small group health care service plan contract issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, to include, at a minimum, coverage for essential health benefits pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract to cover the same health benefits that the benchmark plan, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Small Group HMO 30 plan, offered during the first quarter of 2014, as specified. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to review California's essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a new benchmark plan for the 2027 plan year for health care service plans. The bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, if the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the state, as specified, the benchmark plan for health care service plans to include certain additional benefits, including coverage for specified fertility services and specified durable medical equipment. Because a violation of the bill 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
- 2025-01-09
- Latest action
- 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 739, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Menjivarauthor
- Bontaprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-01-09
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2025-01-10
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 9.
2025-01-29
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
referral-committee
2025-04-11
Set for hearing April 30.
2025-04-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-05-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 965.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-02
Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12
May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1190.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1251.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-07-01
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
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2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-08-20
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
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2025-08-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-03
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2873.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2025-09-03
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-08
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2604.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2025-09-16
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 739, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-30 · pass · 11-0
Member-level votes (11)
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Grove: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-05-12 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Caballero: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-05-27 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Allen: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Grove: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Laird: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Stern: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Becker: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Choi: yes
- Niello: yes
- Reyes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 16-0
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
- Schiavo: yes
- Patel: yes
Do pass.
2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
SB 62 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Bonta
2025-09-03 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Hadwick: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Flora: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Berman: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Davies: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Soria: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bains: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Patel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Ta: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Krell: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Chen: yes
- Fong: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Castillo: other
- Gallagher: other
- DeMaio: other
Unfinished Business SB62 Menjivar et al. Concurrence
2025-09-08 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Wahab: yes
- Niello: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Choi: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Limón: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Allen: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grove: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Becker: yes
- Stern: other
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