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12/09/2020
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11/04/2020
Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR
Final Rule Boosts Price Transparency & Addresses the MLR The Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and Treasury issued a final rule that requires almost all health insurance comp...
10/21/2020
California Grants Nurse Practitioners Full Practice Authority by 2023
Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 890 into law. It will allow nurse practitioners to practice without physician supervision after a three-year or 4,600-hour transition to practice. The majority of Calif...
10/13/2020
Insurance Commissioner Asks Health Carriers to Give Premium Refunds
In a recent Notice, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara asked all health insurance and specialized health insurance companies to provide a partial premium refund to policyholders since many...
10/06/2020
HIV Status No Longer a Barrier to Disability Coverage and Life Insurance
Governor Newsom signed SB 1255, which ends the practice of denying life and disability income insurance coverage based solely on a positive HIV test. The Equal Insurance HIV Act was sponsored by Senat...
10/06/2020
New Rate Reporting Law for Individual and Small Group Markets
California Governor Gavin Newsom signed AB 2118 (Kalra), which requires rate reporting in individual & small-group health insurance markets, similar to requirements in the large group market. “Col...
09/30/2020
Prescription Drug and Mental Health Bills Become Law
Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 852 (Pan) to allow California to contract to manufacture generic drugs, lowering costs and increasing access for consumers. He also signed SB 855 (Wiener), which w...
09/23/2020
Protected Unpaid Family Leave is Extended to Very Small Businesses
Governor Gavin Newsom recently signed SB 1383, which expands the California Family Rights Act (CFRA). Beginning January 1, 2021, employers with five or more employees will be subject to CFRA requireme...
09/22/2020
Will the Affordable Care Act Withstand an Unrelenting Legal Battle?
by Michael Davidow ACA Compliance Solution Services, Inc. The stage is set for a renewed legal battle against the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral arguments...
09/15/2020
Certain Gig Workers Are Now Exempted from Employee Benefit Requirements
On September 4, 2020, California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2257, which would exempt dozens of professional services fields from AB 5’s employee benefit requirements, including photographers, artists...
09/09/2020
California Legislature Passes Two Key Health Bills
The California Legislature adjourned their 2020 session with the passage of two key health bills. Gov. Gavin Newsom has until September 30 to sign or veto these measures: Coverage of Substance Use...
09/09/2020
