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.