California Health and Safety Code

§ 1366.3

HSC § 1366.3 Effective Oct 1, 2013Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)On and after January 1, 2005, a health care service plan issuing individual plan contracts that ceases to offer individual coverage in this state shall offer coverage to the subscribers who had been covered by those contracts at the time of withdrawal under the same terms and conditions as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (b), subdivisions (c) to (e), inclusive, and subdivision (h) of Section 1373.6.

(b)A health care service plan that ceases to offer individual coverage in a service area shall offer the coverage required by subdivision (a) to subscribers who had been covered by those contracts at the time of withdrawal, if the plan continues to offer group coverage in that service area. This subdivision shall not apply to coverage provided pursuant to a preferred provider organization.

(c)The department may adopt regulations to implement this section.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 441, Sec. 3. (AB 1180) Effective October 1, 2013.