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California 20252026

SB 950

Health care coverage: dementia.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Healthcarecoverage, dementia
Introduced / first action
2026-02-02 00:00:00

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 and makes a willful violation of the act's requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law prohibits specified health care service plan contracts and disability insurance policies from excluding persons covered by the plan from receiving benefits if they are diagnosed as having any significant destruction of brain tissue with resultant loss of brain function, including Alzheimer's disease. This bill would require a health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2027, to include coverage for all medically necessary treatments or medications, as determined by a health care provider, approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease or other medical conditions affecting memory. On and after January 1, 2027, the bill would prohibit a health care service plan or health insurer from imposing step therapy protocols as a prerequisite to authorizing that coverage, except as provided. Because a willful violation of these provisions by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6373.) Ordered to the Senate.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  5. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-3

  6. Read third time and amended.

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 5).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

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

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  10. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (June 30).

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  11. June 23 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  13. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    reading-1

  14. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4341.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  15. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  16. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4070.) (April 27).

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  17. Set for hearing April 27.

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

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee

  19. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3901.) (April 15).

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  20. Set for hearing April 15.

  21. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

    referral-committee

  22. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.

  23. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction, reading-1, referral-committee

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