California Health and Safety Code

§ 1381

HSC § 1381 Effective Jan 1, 2025Div. 2 · Ch. 2.2 · Art. 6

Statute text

(a)All records, books, and papers of a plan, management company, solicitor, solicitor firm, and any provider or subcontractor providing health care or other services to a plan, management company, solicitor, or solicitor firm shall be open to inspection, including through electronic means, by the director.

(b)To the extent feasible, all records, books, and papers described in subdivision (a) shall be located in this state. In examining such records outside this state, the director shall consider the cost to the plan, consistent with the effectiveness of the director’s examination, and may upon reasonable notice require that such records, books, and papers, or a specified portion thereof, be made available for examination in this state, or that a true and accurate copy of those records, books, and papers, or a specified portion thereof, be furnished to the director.

(c)Pursuant to a request by the director to inspect the records, books, and papers described in subdivision (a), the plan, management company, solicitor, or solicitor firm, and a provider or subcontractor providing health care or other services to a plan, management company, solicitor, or solicitor firm to which the request is made shall do both of the following:

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 760, Sec. 2. (AB 3221) Effective January 1, 2025.