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FROM Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE: May 24, 1988
SUBJECT:
Legislation: Assembly Bill 3747 . (Margolin)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position in support of AB 3747 which provides a mechanism
to fund perinatal and well-child care health coverage for
residents of California.
BACKGROUND:
The Board of Supervisors has already taken a position in support
of AB 3595 by Assemblyman Margolin which establishes a program of
perinatal and well-child care services for residents of
California. One of the problems in financing 'such services is
that many insurance companies do not provide perinatal or
well-child care coverage as a part of their policy. In other
instances, an employee may be covered but the employee' s
dependents are not covered by the employee' s health insurance.
Assemblyman Margolin has introduced AB 3747 which requires all
employers in California to either provide health insurance to the
employees and their dependents which covers perinatal and
well-child care, or to pay a fee of to of the employer' s payroll
to the Women and Children' s Trust Fund which is established
pursuant to AB 3595 in order to provide for such care. Small
employers would pay 2/3 of to of payroll and self-employed
individuals would pay 2/3 of to of their business income up to a
maximum payment of $1333 per year.
AB 3747 would take effect only if AB 3595 passes.
Supervisor Powers has recommended support for both AB 3595 and AB
3747 .
AB 3747 passed the Assembly Finance and Insurance Committee April
14 on a vote of 11:7. The bill is currently in the Ways and
Means Committee.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
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S 1 GNATURE I S):
ACTION OF BOARD ON June 7, 1988 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
�= I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TARN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: County Administrator ATTESTED JUN 7 1988
Health Services Director PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Supervisor Tom Powers SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Burt Margolin
Ralph Heim, Jackson/Barish
M382/7-83 BY� —,DEPUTY