California Insurance Code CHAPTER 9.7 - Child Access to Health Insurance

  • Section 10950.
    As used in this chapter:(a) “Child” means any individual under 19 years of age.(b) “Individual grandfathered plan coverage” means health care coverage in which an individual was...
  • Section 10951.
    (a) (1) During each open enrollment period, every carrier offering health benefit plans in the individual market, other than individual grandfathered plan coverage, shall offer to the...
  • Section 10952.
    This chapter shall not apply to health benefit plans for coverage of Medicare services pursuant to contracts with the United States government, Medicare supplement policies,...
  • Section 10953.
    (a) Upon the effective date of this chapter, a carrier shall fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the carrier’s health benefit plans that...
  • Section 10954.
    (a) A carrier may use the following characteristics of an eligible child for purposes of establishing the rate of the health benefit plan for that child,...
  • Section 10957.
    No carrier shall be required to offer a health benefit plan or accept applications for the contract pursuant to this chapter in the case of...
  • Section 10958.
    The commissioner may require a carrier to discontinue the offering of contracts or acceptance of applications from any individual or child or responsible party for...
  • Section 10959.
    (a) All health benefit plans offered to a child or on behalf of a child to a responsible party for a child shall conform to the...
  • Section 10960.
    On or before July 1, 2011, the commissioner may issue guidance to health plans regarding compliance with this chapter and such guidance shall not be...
  • Section 10960.5.
    (a) This chapter shall become inoperative on January 1, 2014, or the 91st calendar day following the adjournment of the 2013–14 First Extraordinary Session, whichever date...

Last modified: October 22, 2018