Bill > AB1418

This bill requires health facilities, clinics, home health agencies, and hospices to annually report to the California Department of Health Care Access and Information about health care employee eligibility for employer-sponsored health insurance. Specifically, these organizations must disclose whether employees can access health coverage immediately upon starting employment, and if not, they must report the length of waiting periods for different employee classifications. The bill covers 12 distinct employee classifications, including physicians, nurses, medical assistants, administrative staff, and others. Organizations will report waiting periods in predefined ranges from zero days to more than 90 days. The department is required to integrate this new reporting requirement with existing reports to minimize additional administrative burden and will post the collected information on its website at least annually. The reporting requirement will commence on January 1, 2027, and applies only to health care organizations already required to submit reports to the department. The goal appears to be increasing transparency about health care worker access to employer-sponsored health insurance across various job roles and institutions.

Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services

https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1418