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California 20252026

AB 1770

Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee's Law.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Arbitration, Lindalee'sLaw, healthcareserviceplans
Introduced / first action
2026-02-09 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Arbitration: health care service plans and health insurers.
  • Arbitration: health care service plans.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract that includes terms requiring binding arbitration for dispute settlement to provide a specified disclosure to subscribers or enrollees. Existing law, the California Arbitration Act, provides a statutory framework for the enforcement of contractual arbitration under California law. Existing law establishes standards for arbitration, and requires a court to vacate an arbitration award if it makes certain findings. This bill would require the Attorney General to oversee compliance by health care service plans with specified provisions regulating the use of binding arbitration to settle disputes. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to require reports from health care service plans for this purpose. The bill would also require the Attorney General to notify the director of the department of any corrective action taken pursuant to these provisions.

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Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 545, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 16. Page 6710.).

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.).

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 1).

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  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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  15. Referred to Coms. on JUD. and HEALTH.

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

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  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 5448.)

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  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  20. Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 5030.)

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

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  22. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  24. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.

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

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  26. Referred to Coms. on HEALTH and JUD.

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  27. From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.

  28. Read first time. To print.

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