AB 940: Health care: eating disorders.
- Session Year: 2023-2024
- House: Assembly
- Latest Version Date: 2023-03-16
Current Status:
Failed
(2024-02-01: From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.)
Introduced
In Committee
First Chamber
In Committee
Second Chamber
Enacted
What does this bill do?
This bill allows psychiatric health facilities to provide inpatient treatment for people with eating disorders, in addition to state-licensed general acute care and acute psychiatric hospitals. It also specifies that “eating disorders” means the conditions listed in the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM).
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Existing law establishes the licensure and regulation of health facilities by the State Department of Public Health. Existing law requires that inpatient treatment of eating disorders must be provided only in state licensed hospitals, which may be general acute care hospitals, acute psychiatric hospitals, or any other licensed health facility designed by the State Department of Public Health.
This bill would expand the approved facilities for inpatient treatment of eating disorders to include psychiatric health facilities.
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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, including specified eating disorders.This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand treatment options and services for individuals suffering from eating disorders.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 also provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law requires a health care service plan contract and a health insurance policy to provide coverage for the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses, including specified eating disorders.
This bill would state that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand treatment options and services for individuals suffering from eating disorders.
(a)The Legislature finds and declares that the disease of eating disorders is not simply medical or psychiatric, but involves biological, sociological, psychological, family, medical, and spiritual components. In addition, the Legislature finds and declares that the treatment of eating disorders is multifaceted, and like the treatment of chemical dependency, does not fall neatly into either the traditional medical or psychiatric milieu.
(b)The inpatient treatment of eating disorders shall be provided only in state licensed hospitals, which may be general acute care hospitals as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1250, acute psychiatric hospitals as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 1250, psychiatric health facilities as defined in Section 1810.236 of Title 9 of the California Code of Regulations, or any other licensed health facility designated by the State Department of Public Health.
(c)Eating disorders, for the purposes of this section, shall have the meaning of the term as defined in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, as published by the American Psychiatric Association.
SECTION 1.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand treatment options and services for individuals suffering from eating disorders.It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to expand treatment options and services for individuals suffering from eating disorders.
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| Feb 1, 2024 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan 31, 2024 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Apr 11, 2023 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. |
| Mar 20, 2023 | Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Mar 16, 2023 | From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. Read second time and amended. |
| Mar 16, 2023 | Referred to Com. on HEALTH. |
| Feb 15, 2023 | From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Read first time. To print. |
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