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ASSEMBLY BILL 3625 (CAMPBELL – 1994)

CHAPTER 1069, STATUTES OF 1994, AB 3625

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As enacted Assembly Bill 3625 amended sections 31, 32, 1625, 1626, 1749, 1749.3, and 1750 of, added sections 1749.02 to, and added and repealed section 1631.1 of the Insurance Code.  (See Exhibit #1f)  Assembly member Campbell introduced the bill on February 25, 1994 at the request of the Blue Cross of California.  (See Exhibits #1a and #9, page 2)

Assembly Bill 3625 was assigned to the Assembly Committee on Insurance and the Senate Committee on Insurance, Claims and Corporations where policy issues raised by the bill were considered.  (See Exhibits #3 and #9)  The fiscal ramifications of the bill were considered by the Assembly Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Appropriations.  (See Exhibits #2 and #5)  Four amendments were made to Assembly Bill 3625.  (See Exhibits #1b through #1e and #2)  Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Pete Wilson signed the bill on September 28, 1994, and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on September 29, 1994 as Chapter 1069 of the Statutes of 1994.  (See Exhibits #1f and #2)

Assembly Bill 3625 contained an urgency clause which caused the bill to go into immediate effect. (See Exhibit #1f, page 5341) The reason for this urgency can be found in section 8 of Chapter 1069.  (Id.)
The Third Reading analysis prepared by the Office of Senate Floor Analyses provides the following digest of Assembly Bill 3625 as it was last amended on August 25, 1994:

DIGEST:  This bill allows a life agent or fire and casualty licensee to transact 24-hour care coverage, which is defined as the joint issuance of a workers' compensation policy with a disability insurance policy or other medical coverage for nonoccupational injuries and illness.  Imposes education and examination requirements for the transaction of that coverage.

Increases the life insurance agent's annual fee to $56.
(See Exhibit #11b, page 1)