Cooperative Agreement to Support Establishment of the Affordable Care Act’s Health Insurance ExchangesFebruary 21st, 2014
FiledFebruary 21st, 2014In the fall of 2010, California enacted the first state law in the nation, the California Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (CA-ACA),* establishing a health benefit exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). The CA-ACA expressed legislative intent for the California Health Benefit Exchange (effective October 2012 branded as COVERED CALIFORNIA) as follows: