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Committee advances bill requiring automatic payments for FAIR Plan policies
Summary
AB 290, authored by Assemblymember Bauer-Kahan, was approved by the Assembly Insurance Committee as amended and referred to Appropriations. Supporters said requiring the California FAIR Plan to offer autopay and limiting nonrenewal gaps would protect consumers; the FAIR Plan urged more time to implement.
Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan’s AB 290, which would require the California FAIR Plan to offer automatic payment options and add a grace-period safeguard against inadvertent nonrenewals, was ordered to the Appropriations Committee after committee members expressed broad support and industry witnesses urged compromise on timing.
Bauer-Kahan recounted personal experience of being moved to the FAIR Plan after losing coverage and said her premium rose roughly 300%. She said the FAIR Plan’s lack of autopay…
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