California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1682: Health care coverage: scalp cooling.
Status: Chaptered, September 27, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 1367.651 to the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 10123.811 to the Insurance Code, and to add Section 14132.65 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage. health care coverage Health care coverage: scalp cooling. 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, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance…
From the chaptered text, September 27, 2026:
An act to add Section 1367.651 to the Health and Safety Code, to add Section 10123.811 to the Insurance Code, and to add Section 14132.65 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to health care coverage. health care coverage Health care coverage: scalp cooling. 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, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires coverage by health care service plans and health insurers for various screening and treatment services with respect to cancer. This bill would require a large group health care service plan contract or health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on and after January 1, 2027, to provide coverage for scalp cooling, when prescribed by a health care provider to reduce the incidence or severity of alopecia before, during, or after chemotherapy in which alopecia-inducing chemotherapeutic agents are used. The bill would define scalp cooling for these purposes. Because a violation of these provisions with respect to a health care service plan would be a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. Existing law also provides for …