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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 224: Health care coverage: essential health benefits.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 224 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on January 9, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Health care coverage: essential health benefits. Primary sponsor: Mia Bonta (D). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (October 13, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law requires the Department of Insurance to regulate health insurers. Existing law requires an individual or small group health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017, to include, at a minimum, coverage for essential health benefits pursuant to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Existing law requires a health insurance policy to cover the same health benefits that the benchmark plan, the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Small Group HMO 30 plan, offered during the first quarter of 2014, as specified.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to review California’s essential health benefits benchmark plan and establish a new benchmark plan for the 2027 plan year for health insurers. The bill would require, commencing January 1, 2027, if the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves a new essential health benefits benchmark plan for the state, as specified, the benchmark plan for health insurers to include certain additional benefits, including coverage for specified fertility services and specified durable medical equipment.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mia BontaPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly18
Caroline MenjivarCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate20

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 680, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3013.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2464.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  9. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  11. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
  12. Referred to Com. on HEALTH.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page