California Health Benefit Exchange: individual market reports.

Existing law establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within state government, specifies the powers and duties of the board governing the Exchange, and requires the board to facilitate the purchase of qualified health plans through the Exchange by qualified individuals and small employers. Existing law requires the board of the Exchange to annually prepare a written report on the implementation and performance of the Exchange functions during the preceding fiscal year, as specified, and requires that this report be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor and be made available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Exchange. Existing law requires the board to require carriers participating in the Exchange to immediately notify the Exchange when an individual is or will be disenrolled from a qualified health plan offered by the carrier. This bill would also require the board to prepare a written report on a quarterly basis that identifies the number of individuals enrolled in qualified health plans purchased through the individual market of the Exchange by demographics, level of coverage, and geographic region, and the number of applications filed through the individual market of the Exchange for each quarter, as specified. The bill would also require this report to identify the number of individuals who have been disenrolled from those plans by total number, demographics, level of coverage, geographic region, and reason for disenrollment. The bill would require this report to be submitted to the Legislature and the Governor and to be made available to the public on the Internet Web site of the Exchange.