California Health and Safety Code

§ 127426

HSC § 127426 Effective Jan 1, 2007Div. 107 · Part 2 · Ch. 2.5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The period described in Section 127425 shall be extended if the patient has a pending appeal for coverage of the services, until a final determination of that appeal is made, if the patient makes a reasonable effort to communicate with the hospital about the progress of any pending appeals.

(b)For purposes of this section, “pending appeal” includes any of the following:

(1)A grievance against a contracting health care service plan, as described in Chapter 2.2 (commencing with Section 1340) of Division 2, or against an insurer, as described in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 10110) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Insurance Code.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 755, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2007.