California Insurance Code

§ 10123.193

INS § 10123.193 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:

(1)The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, its implementing regulations and guidance, and related state law prohibit discrimination based on a person’s expected length of life, present or predicted disability, degree of medical dependency, quality of life, or other health conditions, including benefit designs that have the effect of discouraging the enrollment of individuals with significant health needs.

(2)The Legislature intends to build on the existing state and federal law to ensure that health coverage benefit designs do not have an unreasonable discriminatory impact on chronically ill individuals, and to ensure affordability of outpatient prescription drugs.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 86, Sec. 204) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 787, Sec. 5. (SB 1021) Effective January 1, 2019.