California Insurance Code

§ 10133.13

INS § 10133.13 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)(1) Within six months after the department issues guidance pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d), and no later than March 1, 2025, a health insurer that issues, sells, renews, or offers health insurance policies for health care coverage in this state, including a grandfathered health insurance policy, but not including specialized health insurance policies that provide only dental or vision services, shall require all of its health insurer staff who are in direct contact with insureds in the delivery of care or insured services to complete evidence-based cultural competency training for the purpose of providing trans-inclusive health care for individuals who identify as transgender, gender diverse, or intersex (TGI).

(2)An evidence-based cultural competency training implemented pursuant to paragraph (1) shall include all of the following:

(A)Information about the effects, including, but not limited to, ongoing personal effects, of historical and contemporary exclusion and oppression of TGI communities.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 822, Sec. 5. (SB 923) Effective January 1, 2023.