California Insurance Code

§ 10965.02

INS § 10965.02 Effective Jan 1, 2019Div. 2 · Part 2 · Ch. 9.9

Statute text

For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not considered employees with respect to a sole proprietorship that consists only of the sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse. A partner and a partner’s spouse are not employees of a partnership that consists solely of partners and their spouses. Employer group health benefit plans shall not be issued, marketed, or sold to a sole proprietorship or partnership without employees directly or indirectly through any arrangement. Only individual health benefit plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.

Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 700, Sec. 11. (SB 1375) Effective January 1, 2019.