The board that is meant to govern California’s efforts to build its own health insurance exchange has approved the operational plans for the program. This is a major step towards the state running its own health insurance exchange program and complying with federal deadlines. The California Health Benefit Exchange board, which has changed the name of the exchange program to Covered California, has sent its approval for the operational plans to the Governor’s Office, which is expected to forward these plans to the Department of Health and Human according to a report at the Insurance News Report.