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AB-1418 • 2026

Department of Health Care Access and Information.

Department of Health Care Access and Information.

Education Healthcare Labor
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Schiavo
Last action
2025-10-06
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify penalties or consequences for non-compliance with reporting requirements.

Health Care Employee Coverage Reporting

This law requires certain health care facilities and agencies to report if their employees are eligible for health coverage right away or after a waiting period, and it needs the Department of Health Care Access and Information to share this information online.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires health facilities, clinics, home health agencies, and hospices to tell the department if new employees can get health care right away without a waiting period.
  • If not all employees are eligible for coverage immediately, these entities must report the length of the waiting period applicable to each classification of employees.
  • The Department of Health Care Access and Information is required to post this information on their website at least once a year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Health facilities
  • Clinics
  • Home health agencies
  • Hospices

Terms To Know

Waiting period
The time before new employees can get health care from their employer.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not require reporting if the entity is already required to report other information to the department.
  • Does not specify what happens if a facility does not follow the reporting rules.
  • Does not provide an exact start date for when this law will take effect.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 398, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-06 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-24 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 3451.).

  5. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  6. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2933.).

  8. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  9. 2025-09-08 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-09-05 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  12. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  13. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

  14. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

  15. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  16. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  17. 2025-06-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  18. 2025-06-04 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  19. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 1. Page 2019.)

  20. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

  22. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23).

  23. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  24. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

  25. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  26. 2025-03-13 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

  27. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  28. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  29. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1418, Schiavo.
Department of Health Care Access and Information.
Existing law requires the Department of Health Care Access and Information to establish a health care workforce research and data center to serve as the central source of health care workforce and educational data in the state. Existing law requires the department to prepare an annual report to the Legislature that, among other things, identifies education and employment trends in the health care profession and describes the health care workforce program outcomes and effectiveness. Existing law requires health facilities and clinics, among others, to annually report to the department specified information on forms supplied by the department.
This bill would require health facilities, clinics, home health agencies, and hospices, as defined, to additionally report
whether their health care employees eligible for employer-sponsored health care are eligible for health care coverage at the commencement of employment without a waiting period, as defined. If not all employees are eligible without a waiting period, the bill would require the entities listed above to report the length of the waiting period if it applies to all eligible employees, and, if different waiting periods apply to different classifications of employees, as specified, the length of the waiting period for each classification. The bill would require the department to integrate this reporting obligation with existing reports and would not require those specified entities to report if they are not
required to file reports with the department. The bill would require the department to post this information on its internet website on at least an annual basis.

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