California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 9541.5

WIC § 9541.5 Effective Jan 1, 2016Div. 8.5 · Ch. 7.5

Statute text

(a)The California Department of Aging shall assess annually a fee of not less than one dollar and forty cents ($1.40), but not more than one dollar and sixty-five cents ($1.65), on a health care service plan for each person enrolled in a health care service plan as of December 31 of the previous year under a prepaid Medicare program that serves Medicare eligible beneficiaries within the state, and on a health care service plan for each enrollee under a Medicare supplement contract, including a Medicare Select contract, as of December 31 of the previous year, to offset the cost of counseling Medicare eligible beneficiaries on the benefits and programs available through health maintenance organizations instead of the traditional Medicare provider system.

(b)All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the State HICAP Fund for the implementation of the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program, and shall be available for expenditure for activities as specified in Section 9541 when appropriated by the Legislature.

(c)The department may use up to 7 percent of the fee collected pursuant to subdivision (a) for the administration, assessment, and collection of that fee.

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Legislative history

Added by renumbering Section 9757.5 by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 587. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.