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2008 LEGISLATION

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Bill Number (Author)	Summary	Status	CCA Position
AB 97 (Mendoza)	Requires food facilities to label trans fats	Senate Floor Third Reading	Support Position Letter
AB 1150 (Lieu)	Prohibits insurance carriers from providing staff compensation for medical services denial or policy rescission	Senate Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
AB 2081 (Coto)	Work Comp - Prohibits claims adjustors from accepting or offering "kickbacks" for utilization review	Senate Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
AB 2967 (Lieber)	Creates an advisory committee to develop a California health care cost/quality transparency plan	Senate Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
AB 2969 (Lieber)	Work Comp - Requires all physicians performing utilization review to have a California license	Senate Floor Third Reading	Support Position Letter
SB 963 (Ridley-Thomas)	Regulatory boards - eliminates sunset review process, give legislature power to replace board members without a hearing, requires boards to report ex parte communications on agendized items	Assembly Business and Professions Committee	Oppose Unless Amended
SB 1168 (Runner)	Maintains health insurance coverage for dependents over 18 enrolled in post-secondary education who must take medical leave of absence	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
SB 1402 (Corbett)	Health provider licensing requirments	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support if Amended Position Letter
SB 1420 (Padilla)	Food facilities would be required to list nutritional information on menu boards	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
SB 1440 (Kuehl)	Requires health insurers to spend no less than 85% of fees/premiums on healthcare benefits	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
SB 1522 (Steinberg)	Establishes healthcare insurance coverage choices	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter
SB 1525 (Kuehl)	Provides for regulation of medical necessity determinations within managed care	Assembly Appropriations Committee	Support Position Letter

2006 Legislative Summary

The California Legislature closed the second half of the 2005-06 Legislative Session by sending Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger nearly 1,200 measures, 262 of which were ultimately vetoed. Included were numerous pieces of legislation that will or would have had a direct or indirect impact on the chiropractic profession and its patients.

CCA sponsored or actively supported many bills and was active in opposing many bills that would have permitted others to encroach on a doctor of chiropractic's scope of practice. Below is a summary of the some of the major bills sent to the governor. Unless otherwise indicated, all of the measures were signed by the governor and take effect January 1, 2007.

Please click here to view the 2006 CCA Legislative Summary.