California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1770: Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee’s Law.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 12529.9 to the Government Code, relating to arbitration. arbitration Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee’s Law. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract that includes terms requiring binding arbitration for dispute settlement to provide a specified disclosure to subscribers or enrollees…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add Section 12529.9 to the Government Code, relating to arbitration. arbitration Arbitration: health care service plans: Lindalee’s Law. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract that includes terms requiring binding arbitration for dispute settlement to provide a specified disclosure to subscribers or enrollees. Existing law, the California Arbitration Act, provides a statutory framework for the enforcement of contractual arbitration under California law. Existing law establishes standards for arbitration, and requires a court to vacate an arbitration award if it makes certain findings. This bill would require the Attorney General to oversee compliance by health care service plans with specified provisions regulating the use of binding arbitration to settle disputes. The bill would authorize the Attorney General to require reports from health care service plans for this purpose. The bill would also require the Attorney General to notify the director of the department of any corrective action taken pursuant to these provisions. MAJORITY NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as Lindalee’s …