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AB-1502 Health care coverage: discrimination.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 1367.044 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

1367.044.
 (a) A health care service plan shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability through the use of clinical algorithms in its decisionmaking.
(b) This section does not prohibit the use of clinical algorithms that rely on variables to appropriately make decisions, including to identify, evaluate, and address health disparities.

SEC. 2.

 Section 10140.3 is added to the Insurance Code, to read:

10140.3.
 (a) A health insurer shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability through the use of clinical algorithms in its decisionmaking.
(b) This section does not prohibit the use of clinical algorithms that rely on variables to appropriately make decisions, including to identify, evaluate, and address health disparities.
SEC. 3.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.