(a) Effective July 1, 2019, there is hereby established the Healthy California for All Commission as an independent body to develop a plan that includes options for advancing progress toward achieving a health care delivery system in California that provides coverage and access through a unified financing system, including, but not limited to, a single-payer financing system, for all Californians.
(b) The commission shall meet for the first time on or before September 1, 2019, and shall convene meetings at least quarterly at locations that are easily accessible to the public in accordance with the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(c) (1) The commission shall be comprised of 13 members as follows:
(A) The Secretary of California Health and Human Services, or the secretary’s designee, who shall serve as the chairperson.
(B) Eight members who shall be appointed by the Governor.
(C) Two members who shall be appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules.
(D) Two members who shall be appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(2) There shall also be five ex officio, nonvoting members of the commission who shall be the Executive Director of the California Health Benefit Exchange, the Director of Health Care Services, the Chief Executive Officer of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, and the chairs of the health committees of the Senate and the Assembly, or their officially designated representatives.
(3) The appointees shall have appropriate knowledge and experience regarding health care coverage or financing, or other relevant expertise.
(4) The members of the commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred in performing their duties and responsibilities.
(d) The commission may establish advisory committees that include members of the public with knowledge and experience in health care that support stakeholder engagement and an analytical process by which key design options are developed. A member of an advisory committee need not be a member of the commission.
(e) The commission and each advisory committee shall keep official records of all of their proceedings.
(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 67, Sec. 2. (SB 104) Effective July 9, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, pursuant to Section 1005.)
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