California Health and Safety Code

§ 1393.6

HSC § 1393.6 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 8

Statute text

For violations of Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 1357), Article 3.15 (commencing with Section 1357.50), Article 3.16 (commencing with Section 1357.500), and Article 3.17 (commencing with Section 1357.600), the director may, after appropriate notice and opportunity for hearing, by order levy administrative penalties as follows:

(a)Any person, solicitor, or solicitor firm, other than a health care service plan, who willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or who willfully violates any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, is liable for administrative penalties of not less than five hundred dollars ($500) for each first violation, and of not less than two thousand dollars ($2,000) and not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each subsequent violation.

(b)Any health care service plan that willfully violates any provision of this chapter, or that willfully violates any rule or order adopted or issued pursuant to this chapter, is liable for administrative penalties of not less than five thousand dollars ($5,000) for each first violation, and of not less than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) nor more than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for each second violation, and of not less than thirty thousand dollars ($30,000) and not more than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for each subsequent violation.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 985, Sec. 9. (SB 858) Effective January 1, 2023.