California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB 687
Health care coverage: colorectal cancer screening.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Patterson (Republican)
Summary
Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a willful violation of the act a crime. Existing law provides for the regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance. Existing law generally requires a health care service plan contract or a health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2022, to provide coverage without cost sharing for a colorectal cancer screening test assigned either a grade of A or a grade of B by the United States Preventive Services Task Force and for a required colonoscopy for a positive result on a test with those grades.
This bill would additionally require that coverage if the screening test is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and either meets requirements for coverage established by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, as specified, or is included in the most recently published guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Because a violation of the bill by a health care service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Text versions
- 06/15/26 - Amended Senate· Jun 15, 2026
- 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly· May 23, 2025
- 04/09/25 - Amended Assembly· Apr 9, 2025
- 02/14/25 - Introduced· Feb 14, 2025
- AB687
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 16, 2026, 8:07 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 House | AB 687 Patterson Assembly Third Reading | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| May 23, 2025 House | Do pass as amended. | pass | Set your home in California to see |
| Apr 7, 2025 House | Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] | pass | Set your home in California to see |
Actions
- Jun 25, 2026 · Senate
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - Jun 22, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. - Jun 15, 2026 · Senate
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. - Jun 15, 2026 · Senate
Withdrawn from committee. - Jun 15, 2026 · Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on N.R. & W. - Jul 2, 2025 · Senate
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - Jun 18, 2025 · Senate
Referred to Coms. on N.R. & W. and E.Q. - Jun 9, 2025 · Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. - Jun 5, 2025 · House
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 3. Page 2112.) - May 27, 2025 · House
Read second time. Ordered to third reading. - May 23, 2025 · House
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. - May 23, 2025 · House
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23). - May 23, 2025 · House
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.) - Apr 23, 2025 · House
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. - Apr 10, 2025 · House
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. - Apr 9, 2025 · House
Read second time and amended. - Apr 8, 2025 · House
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2.) (April 7). - Mar 3, 2025 · House
Referred to Com. on NAT. RES. - Feb 15, 2025 · House
From printer. May be heard in committee March 17. - Feb 14, 2025 · House
Read first time. To print.