California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 5.5 - Health Care Service Plan Coverage Contract Changes

Section 1374.20.
(a) No group health care service plan shall change the premium rates or applicable copayments or coinsurances or deductibles for the length of the contract,...
Section 1374.21.
(a) (1) A change in premium rates or changes in coverage stated in a group health care service plan contract shall not become effective unless the plan...
Section 1374.22.
(a) The written notice described in subdivision (a) of Section 1374.21 shall be delivered by mail at the last known address at least 60 days prior...
Section 1374.23.
Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 1374.22, if the plan does not guarantee either premium rates or plan design or benefits for any specified time period...
Section 1374.24.
There shall be no liability on the part of, and no cause of action of any nature shall arise against, any health care service plan...
Section 1374.25.
Proof of mailing a notice and the reason therefor to the appropriate entity or individual at the most current policy or plan address shall be...
Section 1374.255.
(a) This section shall apply to grandfathered health care service plan contracts and nongrandfathered health care service plan contracts in the individual or small group markets...
Section 1374.26.
The director may, as required by this article, or from time to time as conditions warrant, pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of...
Section 1374.27.
The director may levy administrative penalties and may suspend or revoke the license or licenses issued to any health care service plan, after notice and...
Section 1374.28.
In addition to any other penalty provided by law or the availability of any administrative procedure, if a health care service plan, after notice and...
Section 1374.29.
The purpose of this article is to promote the public interest, to prevent unfair and unlawful health care business practices, and to promote adequate consumer...

Last modified: October 22, 2018