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 California’s 1st Extraordinary Session:  On January 28, 2013, Governor Jerry Brown convened the First Extraordinary Legislative Session for California’s 2013-14 Legislative Session. The state’s constitution provides that a Governor may call the Legislature into special session by proclamation relating to certain subjects and the Legislature’s consideration during this particular legislative session will be limited to the subject specified.  The purpose of the January 28th extraordinary session is to consider and act upon legislation necessary to implement the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, as amended by the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, in the areas of

a.   California’s private health coverage market and rules and regulations governing the individual and small group markets related to guaranteed issue of coverage, pre-existing condition exclusions, rating restrictions, and any other requirements necessary to conform state law to federal rules;

b.   California’s Medi-Cal program and changes that are necessaryto implement federal law, including requirements for eligibility, enrollment, and retention; and

c.   Options that allow low-cost health coverage to be provided toindividuals who have income up to 200 percent of the federal poverty level within the California Health Benefit Exchange, to the extent allwoe dby federal law or regulations.

          Since January 28th, some of the First Extraordinary session bills introduced are AB 1x by A/M Perez and SB 1x by Senators Hernandez and Steinberg, with both of these bills proposing to amend similar Insurance Code and Welfare and Institutions Code statutes relating to Medi-Cal eligibility, and SB 2x by Senator Hernandez and AB 2x by A/M Pan, two similar larger bills seeking extensive changes to statutes within the Health and Safety Code and the Insurance Code relating to health care coverage. 

 

States in Regular Session: The month of January not only begins a new calendar year but it is also when most of the 50 states’ legislatures convene their new legislative sessions.  For their current legislative sessions, California and Maine actually convened earlier in December of 2012.  The states that convene in the month of February are Alabama, Nevada, and Oklahoma.  States convening as late as March or April, which are the latest months, are Florida and Louisiana. This will force a shorter legislative session than the length of time allowed by most other states.  For example, after Louisiana convenes on April 8th, House and Senate bills must be introduced by April 17th. 

 

2013 Sine Die:  The 50 states’ last days for their 2013 legislative sessions are more scattered throughout the year, ranging from as early as in February for Virginia and Wyoming, and in March for Idaho, New Mexico, South Dakota, and Utah, to as late as December 31, 2013 for Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. Alabama’s last day in 2013 will be May 20th, while California will adjourn on September 6th, Louisiana on June 6th, Oregon on June 28th, and Texas on May 27th.   

 

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