Controversial California Assembly Bill 52 (“AB 52”), which, among other things, granted the California Department of Insurance (“CDI”) and the California Department of Managed Health (“DMHC”) the authority to reject or modify any proposed rate or rate change by a health insurer or health care service plan, has stalled out in the California Senate. Under current law, neither the CDI nor the DMHC has the authority to reject or modify proposed rates or rate changes.
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