Health care coverage: prior authorizations.

Summary

If enacted, this bill would amend California's Health and Safety Code and Insurance Code to impose new requirements on health care service plans and insurers regarding prior authorization decisions, likely establishing timelines or standards for reviewing and communicating approval or denial of prior authorization requests. Affected parties include health insurers, health care providers, and patients, who would see changes in how prior authorization determinations are processed. The bill does not directly affect mortgage lenders, banks, or other financial institutions.