California Insurance Code

§ 10198.6

INS § 10198.6 Effective Jan 1, 2013Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 1 · Art. 7

Statute text

For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply:

(a)“Health benefit plan” means any group or individual policy of health insurance, as defined in Section 106. The term does not include coverage of Medicare services pursuant to contracts with the United States government or coverage that provides excepted benefits as described in Sections 2722 and 2791 of the federal Public Health Service Act, subject to Section 10198.61.

(b)“Preexisting condition provision” means a policy provision that excludes coverage for charges or expenses incurred during a specified period following the insured’s effective date of coverage, as to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during a specified period immediately preceding the effective date of coverage.

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Legislative history

Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 852, Sec. 11. (AB 1083) Effective January 1, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 10198.10.