California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 11.7 - Child Access to Health Care Coverage

  • Section 1399.825.
    As used in this article:(a) “Child” means any individual under 19 years of age.(b) “Individual grandfathered plan coverage” means health care coverage in which an individual was...
  • Section 1399.826.
    (a) (1) During each open enrollment period, every health care service plan offering plan contracts in the individual market, other than individual grandfathered plan coverage, shall offer...
  • Section 1399.827.
    This article shall not apply to health care service plan contracts for coverage of Medicare services pursuant to contracts with the United States government, Medicare...
  • Section 1399.828.
    (a) Upon the effective date of this article, a health care service plan shall fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the plan’s health...
  • Section 1399.829.
    (a) A health care service plan may use the following characteristics of an eligible child for purposes of establishing the rate of the plan contract for...
  • Section 1399.832.
    No health care service plan shall be required to offer a health care service plan contract or accept applications for the contract pursuant to this...
  • Section 1399.833.
    The director may require a health care service plan to discontinue the offering of contracts or acceptance of applications from any individual or child or...
  • Section 1399.834.
    (a) All health care service plan contracts offered to a child or on behalf of a child to a responsible party for a child shall conform...
  • Section 1399.835.
    On or before July 1, 2011, the director may issue guidance to health plans regarding compliance with this article and that guidance shall not be...
  • Section 1399.836.
    (a) This article shall become inoperative on January 1, 2014, or the 91st calendar day following the adjournment of the 2013–14 First Extraordinary Session, whichever date...

Last modified: October 22, 2018