California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1876: Health care coverage: nondiscrimination.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 1367.0435 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10133.135 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage. health care coverage Health care coverage: nondiscrimination. 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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to add Section 1367.0435 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add Section 10133.135 to the Insurance Code, relating to health care coverage. health care coverage Health care coverage: nondiscrimination. 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’s requirements a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires health care service plans and health insurers, as specified, within 6 months after the relevant department issues specified guidance, or no later than March 1, 2025, to require all of their staff who are in direct contact with enrollees or insureds in the delivery of care or enrollee or insured services to complete evidence-based cultural competency training for the purpose of providing trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender diverse, or intersex. This bill would prohibit a subscriber, enrollee, policyholder, or insured from being excluded from enrollment or participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subjected to discrimination by, any health care service plan or health insurer licensed in this state, on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex. The bill …