California Insurance Code CHAPTER 7 - Disability Insurance Disclosure

• Section 10600.
  This part shall be known and may be referred to as the “Health Insurance Disclosure Act of 1974.”(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 936.)
• Section 10601.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Benefits and coverage” means the accident, sickness or disability indemnity available under a policy of disability insurance.(b) “Exception” means any provision in...
• Section 10602.
  For the purposes of this chapter, where the definition of the term “hospital” in the policy omits care in any “health facility” defined pursuant to...
• Section 10602.1.
  Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an insurer which makes contracts with hospitals from distinguishing between contracting hospitals and noncontracting hospitals.(Added by Stats. 1974, Ch.
• Section 10603.
  (a) (1) On or before April 1, 1975, the commissioner shall promulgate a standard supplemental disclosure form for all disability insurance policies. Upon the appropriate disclosure form...
• Section 10604.
  The disclosure form shall include the following information, in concise and specific terms, relative to the disability insurance policy:(a) The applicable category or categories of coverage...
• Section 10604.1.
  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the right of every patient to receive basic information necessary to give full and informed consent is a fundamental...
• Section 10604.5.
  An insurer shall annually disclose to the governing board of a public agency that is the policyholder of a group health insurance policy, the name...
• Section 10605.
  (a) Effective July 1, 1976, all insurers, and their employees and agents, shall, when presenting any disability insurance policy for examination or sale to an individual...
• Section 10606.
  Effective July 1, 1976, where the commissioner finds it necessary in the interest of full and fair disclosure, all advertising and other consumer information, including...
• Section 10607.
  In addition to the other disclosures required by this chapter, every insurer and their employees or agents shall, when presenting a plan for examination or...
• Section 10608.
  The commissioner shall, from time to time as conditions warrant, after notice and public hearing, promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations, and amendments and additions...
• Section 10609.
  Beginning on or before January 1, 1976, each insurer shall, to the extent required by the commissioner, file with the commissioner copies of all printed...

Last modified: October 22, 2018