California Health and Safety Code

§ 1357.03

HSC § 1357.03 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 3.1

Statute text

(a)(1) Upon the effective date of this article, a plan shall fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the plan’s health care service plan contracts that are sold to small employers or to associations that include small employers to all small employers in each service area in which the plan provides or arranges for the provision of health care services.

(2)Each plan shall make available to each small employer all small employer health care service plan contracts that the plan offers and sells to small employers or to associations that include small employers in this state.

(3)No plan or solicitor shall induce or otherwise encourage a small employer to separate or otherwise exclude an eligible employee from a health care service plan contract that is provided in connection with the employee’s employment or membership in a guaranteed association.

…

Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 661, Sec. 1. (SB 1163) Effective January 1, 2011.