California Health and Safety Code

§ 1399.801

HSC § 1399.801 Effective Jan 1, 2001Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 11.5

Statute text

As used in this article:

(a)“Creditable coverage” means:

(1)Any individual or group policy, contract, or program that is written or administered by a disability insurer, health care service plan, fraternal benefits society, self-insured employer plan, or any other entity, in this state or elsewhere, and that arranges or provides medical, hospital, and surgical coverage not designed to supplement other plans. The term includes continuation or conversion coverage but does not include accident only, credit, disability income, Medicare supplement, long-term care, dental, vision, coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, insurance arising out of a workers’ compensation or similar law, automobile medical payment insurance, or insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and that is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy or equivalent self-insurance.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 810, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.