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AB-2643 • 2026

Insurance: health coverage.

Insurance: health coverage.

Healthcare
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Caloza
Last action
Official status
Assembly - Pending Referral
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill status shows it passed the legislature but reached final enrollment; however, no specific effective date is provided in the text.

Technical Update to Health Coverage Rules

AB-2643 makes small wording fixes to existing laws about health insurance without changing how the rules work.

What This Bill Does

  • Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to provisions requiring certain coverage providers to be under Department of Insurance jurisdiction.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People or entities providing medical, surgical, chiropractic, physical therapy, speech pathology, audiology, professional mental health, dental, hospital, or optometric services in the state.
  • Entities that enter into arrangements with preferred provider organizations for these services.

Terms To Know

Preferred Provider Organization
A group arrangement where coverage providers contract to provide care, as specified by existing law.
Nonsubstantive changes
Technical edits that do not change the actual meaning or rules of the law.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The official summary does not list specific examples of what words are being changed.
  • The effective date for when this change takes place is not listed in the provided text.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Assembly - Pending Referral

Official Summary Text

Insurance: health coverage.