California Insurance Code

§ 10123.856

INS § 10123.856 Effective Jan 1, 2022Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)If a health insurer offers a service via telehealth to an insured through a third-party corporate telehealth provider, all of the following conditions shall be met:

(1)The health insurer shall disclose to the insured in any promotion or coordination of the service both of the following:

(A)The availability of receiving the service on an in-person basis or via telehealth, if available, from the insured’s primary care provider, treating specialist, or from another contracting individual health professional, a contracting clinic, or a contracting health facility consistent with the service and existing timeliness and geographic access standards in Section 10133.5 and regulations promulgated thereunder.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 439, Sec. 7. (AB 457) Effective January 1, 2022.