Bill Text: CA AB2706 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Schools: health care coverage: enrollment assistance.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 827, Statutes of 2014. [AB2706 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2706-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2706 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 827
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 26, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 2, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 24, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 28, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Roger Hernández
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to add and repeal Section 49452.9 of the Education Code,
relating to health care coverage.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2706, Roger Hernández. Schools: health care coverage:
enrollment assistance.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to
make rules for the physical examination of pupils that will ensure
proper care of the pupils and proper secrecy with regard to any
defect noted. Existing law requires a pupil, while enrolled in
kindergarten in a public school, or while enrolled in first grade in
a public school if the pupil was not previously enrolled in
kindergarten in a public school, to present proof, no later than May
31 of the school year, of having received an oral health assessment
by a licensed dentist or other licensed or registered dental health
professional operating within his or her scope of practice that was
performed no earlier than 12 months prior to the date of the initial
enrollment of the pupil. Existing law prohibits a school district
from permitting access to pupil records, other than directory
information, to any person without parental consent or without a
judicial order, except to specified persons under certain
circumstances, including to a pupil 16 years of age or older or who
has completed grade 10.
Existing law, the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care
Act (PPACA), requires an applicable individual to ensure that he or
she, and any dependent of that individual, is covered under minimum
essential coverage for each month beginning after 2013.
This bill would require a public school, for purposes of the
2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18 school years, to add an informational
item to its enrollment forms, or amend an existing enrollment form in
order to provide the parent or legal guardian information about
health care coverage options and enrollment assistance. The bill
would authorize a school, in order to fulfill this requirement, to
either use a template, develop an informational item, or amend an
existing enrollment form to provide the information. The bill would
authorize a school to also include a factsheet with its enrollment
forms explaining basic information about affordable health care
coverage options for children and families. The bill would require
the State Department of Education to develop a standardized template
for the factsheet and the informational item or amendment and would
require the department to make those templates available on its
Internet Web site on or before August 1, 2015, and provide written
copies to a school district upon request.
By requiring schools to perform additional duties, this bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 49452.9 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
49452.9. (a) For purposes of the 2015-16, 2016-17, and 2017-18
school years, a public school, including a charter school, shall add
an informational item to its enrollment forms, or amend an existing
enrollment form in order to provide the parent or legal guardian
information about health care coverage options and enrollment
assistance.
(b) To satisfy the requirements of subdivision (a), a school may
do either of the following:
(1) Use a template developed pursuant to subdivision (d).
(2) Develop an informational item or amend an existing enrollment
form to provide information about health care coverage options and
enrollment assistance.
(c) A school may include a factsheet with its enrollment forms
explaining basic information about affordable health care coverage
options for children and families.
(d) (1) The State Department of Education shall develop a
standardized template for both of the following:
(A) The informational item or amendment required by subdivision
(a).
(B) The factsheet described in subdivision (c).
(2) The department shall make any templates developed pursuant to
this subdivision available on its Internet Web site on or before
August 1, 2015, and shall, upon request, provide written copies of
the template to a school district.
(e) A school district shall not discriminate against a pupil who
does not have health care coverage or use any information relating to
a pupil's health care coverage or interest in learning about health
care coverage in any manner that would bring harm to the pupil or the
pupil's family.
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
