Deadline on health care bills
Posted By Health on November 30, 2010
The California Hospital Association, which represents the state's hospitals, is supporting a bill that would extend deadlines for some hospitals to seismically retrofit their buildings and is opposing a bill that would require hospitals to disclose the cost and quality of procedures.
But the main focus is on bills that would direct the state on how to manage the new health law.
"The 800-pound gorilla staring us all in the face is health care reform legislation, but there's still so much unknown because regulations haven't been drafted on the federal level," said Jan Emerson, spokeswoman for the hospital group. "We're on the precipice of some major changes to our health care system, but how that plays out on the state level is not yet fully understood."
Countdown on health care bills
Here are some of the key health care bills that the Legislature must act upon before the session ends Aug. 31:
Assembly Bill 2578: Authored by Assemblyman Dave Jones, D-Sacramento, it would require approval from state regulators for increases in health coverage premiums.
Senate Bill 1163: This bill by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, would require insurers to justify denials and premium increases.
Senate Bill 900 and Assembly Bill 1602: These companion bills authored by Sen. Elaine Alquist, D-Santa Clara, and Assembly Speaker John Pérez, D-Los Angeles, would establish the health insurance "exchange" required under federal law.
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