California Insurance Code ARTICLE 2 - Small Employer Carrier Requirements

  • Section 10702.
    All carriers writing, issuing, or administering health benefit plans that cover employees of small employers shall be subject to this chapter if any one of...
  • Section 10702.1.
    Any person or entity subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with the standards set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3750)...
  • Section 10703.
    The commissioner shall have the authority to determine whether a health benefit plan is covered by this chapter, and to determine whether an employer is...
  • Section 10704.
    The commissioner may issue regulations that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Prior to the public comment period required on the...
  • Section 10705.
    Upon the effective date of this act:(a) No group or individual policy or contract or certificate of group insurance or statement of group coverage providing benefits...
  • Section 10705.1.
    (a) Between July 26, 1993, and October 24, 1993, as well as 60 days prior to the expiration of an existing contract that expires prior to...
  • Section 10706.
    Every carrier shall file with the commissioner the reasonable participation requirements and employer contribution requirements that are to be included in its health benefit plans....
  • Section 10706.5.
    (a) After a small employer submits a completed application, the carrier shall, within 30 days notify the employer of the employer’s actual rates in accordance with...
  • Section 10707.
    Except in the case of a late enrollee, or for satisfaction of a preexisting condition clause in the case of initial coverage of an eligible...
  • Section 10708.
    (a) (1) Preexisting condition provisions of health benefit plans shall not exclude coverage for a period beyond six months following the individual’s effective date of coverage and...
  • Section 10709.
    (a) No health benefit plan may exclude late enrollees from coverage for more than 12 months from the date of the late enrollee’s application for coverage....
  • Section 10711.
    No carrier shall be required by the provisions of this chapter:(a) To offer coverage to, or accept applications from, a small employer as defined in paragraph...
  • Section 10712.
    (a) A carrier shall not be required to offer coverage or accept applications for benefit plan designs pursuant to this chapter where the commissioner determines that...
  • Section 10713.
    All health benefit plans written, issued, or administered by carriers on or after the effective date of this chapter, and all health benefit plans in...
  • Section 10714.
    Premiums for benefit plan designs written, issued, or administered by carriers on or after the effective date of this act, shall be subject to the...
  • Section 10715.
    Carriers shall apply standard employee risk rates consistently with respect to all small employers.(Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1128, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1993....
  • Section 10716.
    In connection with the offering for sale of any benefit plan design to small employers:Each carrier shall make a reasonable disclosure, as part of its...
  • Section 10717.
    (a) No carrier shall provide or renew coverage subject to this chapter until it has done all of the following:(1) A statement has been filed with the...
  • Section 10718.
    (a) In addition to any other remedy permitted by law, the commissioner shall have the administrative authority to assess penalties against carriers, insurance producers, and other...
  • Section 10718.5.
    (a) (1) In addition to any other remedy permitted by law, whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that any carrier, production agent, or other person...
  • Section 10718.55.
    (a) Carriers may enter into contractual agreements with qualified associations, as defined in subdivision (b), under which these qualified associations may assume responsibility for performing specific...
  • Section 10718.7.
    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other provision of the Insurance...

Last modified: October 22, 2018