CHBRP: SB 1704 Implementation Report

CHBRP
University of California, Office of the President
1111 Franklin St. 11th Fl. Oakland, CA 94607

SB 1704 Implementation Report (2009)

The California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) was originally established in response to Assembly Bill (AB) 1996 (Thomson, 2002), which "requested the University of California to assess legislation proposing mandated health care benefits to be provided by health care service plans and health insurers." The provisions of AB 1996, originally set to sunset on January 1, 2007, were extended by Senate Bill (SB) 1704 (Kuehl, 2006) and further extended by AB 1540 (Assembly Health Committee, 2009). Current statute would extend CHBRP until June 30, 2015. SB 1704 added the provision that requested the University of California, through CHBRP, analyze legislation that would repeal existing benefit mandates and current statute extends those provisions. SB 1704 had also requested the University of California (UC) to submit a report to the Governor and the Legislature by January 1, 2010, describing the implementation of SB 1704 as enacted (Statutes of 2006: Chapter 684). This report is submitted in compliance with that request.

SB 1704 Implementation Report

Report

SB 1704 Implementation Report

Appendix 1:

Authorizing Legislation

Appendix 2:

CHBRP List of Reports, Letters, and Products, 2006-Present

Appendix 3:

Task Force Membership List

Appendix 4:

NAC Review Criteria and Guidelines

Appendix 5:

National Advisory Council Membership List

Appendix 6:

CHBRP Staff List

Appendix 7:

CHBRP Actuaries

Appendix 8:

CHBRP Librarians

Appendix 9:

Content Expert Identification, Screening, and Selection Protocol

Appendix 10:

CHBRP Conflict-of-Interest Policies: General Disclosure Form and NAC Disclosure Form

Appendix 11:

60-Day Timeline of the Analytic Process

Appendix 12:

Medical Effectiveness Analysis Research Approach

Appendix 13:

The California Cost and Coverage Model: An Analytic Tool for Examining the Financial Impacts of Benefit Mandates

Appendix 14:

Assessing the Public Health Impact of State Health Benefit Mandates Including Guideline for Estimating Impacts of Benefit Mandates on Gender and Racial Disparities

Appendix 15:

Criteria and Guidelines for the Analysis of Long-Term Impacts on Healthcare Costs and Public Health

Appendix 16:

Clarification of Bill Language and Legislative Intent [Bill Author Questionnaire]

Appendix 17:

Health Care Service Plans' and Health Insurers' Proprietary Data Retention Destruction Policy

Appendix 18:

Summary of CHBRP Completed Reports on Mandate Bills, 2006-2009

Appendix 19:

Media Citations of CHBRP or Its Work

Appendix 20:

Existing Mandates in California Law

Appendix 21:

List of Work Stemming from CHBRP Reports

Appendix 22:

Other States' Health Benefit Review Programs, 2009

Appendix 23:

CHBRP Budget and Operating Costs