CSBA Supports innovative plans that are designed to make affordable quality healthcare available to small business employers their employees and dependents. We Oppose government mandated healthcare initiatives that place an undue burden on small business owners. CSBA is committed to working to find solutions for our broken health care system.

Co-Chair

Eileen Fend
Phone: 310-306-7266
Email: eileenfend@aol.com

Co- Chair

Lilli DuVal
Phone: 916-449-9516
Email: lduval@illuminationmedical.com

Legislative Bills

Bill	CSBA POSITION	House of Origin		Second House		Governor
Bill	CSBA POSITION	COMM.	FLOOR	COMM.	FLOOR	Governor
AB 2375 – Hernandez Healthcare workforce master plan.	Oppose
AB 2715 – Levine Health facilities level of care.	Watch
AB 2839 – Huffman Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights.	No Position
AB 2842 – Berg Unfair business practices.	Watch
AB 2967 – Lieber Health care cost and quality transparency.	Watch
SB 1168 – Runner Health care coverage: dependent children.	Support
SB 1553 – Lowenthal Health care service plans.	Support
SB 1603 – Calderon Discount health care programs.	Support

KEY:

= PASSED

= UNDER CONSIDERATION

= DIED / FAILED PASSAGE

Updated: June 12, 2008

BILL SUMMARIES

AB 2375 – Hernandez: Health care workforce: master plan: Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to establish a health care workforce task force to help develop a health care workforce master plan for the state.

AB 2715 – Levine: Health facilities: level of care: Requires that acute care hospitals provide the same level or service and care as a regular hospital.

AB 2839 – Huffman: Health Care Providers' Bill of Rights: Prohibits a health care service plan health insurer from requiring a health care provider to execute an unfair and unreasonable agreement as a condition of entering into contract negotiations with the plan or insurer.

AB 2842 – Berg: Solicitation: unfair business practices: Makes it an unfair business practice for solicitors of health care service plans and health insurance policies to engage in cold lead advertising or to use an appointment made to discuss Medicare products to solicit the sale of other health care service plan or health insurance products.

AB 2967 – Lieber: Health care cost and quality transparency: Creates the California Health Care Cost and Quality Transparency Committee in the Health and Human Services Agency whose goal would be to improve medical data collection and reporting practices



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