AB 577: Health care coverage: antisteering.
This bill aims to regulate health care service plans and insurance policies in California. It prohibits health care service plans, health insurers, and pharmacy benefit managers from engaging in certain steering practices, such as requiring patients to use specific retail pharmacies for dispensing prescription oral medications. The bill also requires health care providers to obtain consent from patients before administering injected or infused medications and to disclose the applicable cost-sharing amount. The bill restricts the use of certain settings or manners of administration for injected or infused medications if they differ from the original direction provided by the health care service plan, health insurer, or pharmacy benefit manager. This regulation aims to ensure that patients are not unfairly discriminated against in connection with dispensing prescription oral medications.…
| Feb. 02, 2026 | From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. |
| Jan. 31, 2026 | Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. |
| Jan. 22, 2026 | In committee: Set, second hearing. Held under submission. |
| May. 23, 2025 | In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. |
| May. 14, 2025 | In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. |