Each self-insured employee benefit plan issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this section shall provide, where feasible, that benefits for confinement in an extended care facility, as defined in subsection (j) of Section 1395x of Title 42 of the United States Code, may be provided under such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the employer and the employee or employee organization.
Nothing in this section shall preclude a self-insured employee benefit plan from providing benefits for confinement in institutions other than extended care facilities as defined in this section.
(Added by renumbering Section 10124 (as added by Stats. 1972, Ch. 522) by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018