California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 4.5 - California Cobra Program

• Section 1366.20.
  (a)  This article shall be known as the California Continuation Benefits Replacement Act, or “Cal-COBRA.”(b)  It is the intent of the Legislature that continued access...
• Section 1366.21.
  The definitions contained in this section govern the construction of this article.(a) “Continuation coverage” means extended coverage under the group benefit plan in which an eligible...
• Section 1366.22.
  The continuation coverage requirements of this article do not apply to the following individuals:(a) Individuals who are entitled to Medicare benefits or become entitled to Medicare...
• Section 1366.23.
  (a)  Every health care service plan, including a specialized health care service plan contract, that provides coverage under a group benefit plan to an employer,...
• Section 1366.24.
  (a) Every health care service plan evidence of coverage, provided for group benefit plans subject to this article, that is issued, amended, or renewed on or...
• Section 1366.25.
  (a) Every group contract between a health care service plan and an employer subject to this article that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after...
• Section 1366.26.
  A qualified beneficiary electing continuation coverage shall pay to the health care service plan, on or before the due date of each payment but not...
• Section 1366.27.
  (a) The continuation coverage provided pursuant to this article shall terminate at the first to occur of the following:(1) In the case of a qualified beneficiary who...
• Section 1366.28.
  A health care service plan subject to this article shall not be obligated to provide continuation coverage to a qualified beneficiary pursuant to this article...
• Section 1366.29.
  (a)  A health care service plan shall offer an enrollee who has exhausted continuation coverage under COBRA the opportunity to continue coverage for up to...

Last modified: October 22, 2018