California Health and Safety Code

§ 1370.4

HSC § 1370.4 Effective Jan 1, 2010Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 5

Statute text

(a)Every health care service plan shall provide an external, independent review process to examine the plan’s coverage decisions regarding experimental or investigational therapies for individual enrollees who meet all of the following criteria:

(1)(A) The enrollee has a life-threatening or seriously debilitating condition.

(B)For purposes of this section, “life-threatening” means either or both of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 479, Sec. 2. (AB 830) Effective January 1, 2010.