California Health and Safety Code

§ 1399.826

HSC § 1399.826 Effective Jan 1, 2011Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 11.7

Statute text

(a)(1) During each open enrollment period, every health care service plan offering plan contracts in the individual market, other than individual grandfathered plan coverage, shall offer to the responsible party for a child coverage for the child that does not exclude or limit coverage due to any preexisting condition of the child.

(b)A health care service plan offering coverage in the individual market shall not reject an application for a health care service plan contract from a child or filed on behalf of a child by the responsible party during an open enrollment period or from a late enrollee during a period no longer than 63 days from the qualifying event listed in subdivision (d) of Section 1399.825.

(c)Except to the extent permitted by federal law, rules, regulations, or guidance issued by the relevant federal agency, a health care service plan shall not condition the issuance or offering of individual coverage on any of the following factors:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 656, Sec. 3. (AB 2244) Effective January 1, 2011. Inoperative, pursuant to Section 1399.836, on January 1, 2014, subject to condition for resuming operation.