California Insurance Code CHAPTER 9.9 - Individual Access to Health Insurance

• Section 10965.
  For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:(a) “Child” means a child described in Section 22775 of the Government Code and subdivisions (n) to...
• Section 10965.01.
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, “health benefit plan” does not include policies or certificates of specified disease or hospital confinement indemnity provided that the carrier...
• Section 10965.1.
  Except as provided in Section 10965.15, the provisions of this chapter shall only apply with respect to nongrandfathered individual health benefit plans offered by a...
• Section 10965.3.
  (a) (1) On and after October 1, 2013, a health insurer shall fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the insurer’s health benefit plans that...
• Section 10965.5.
  (a) Commencing on October 1, 2013, a health insurer or agent or broker shall not, directly or indirectly, engage in the following activities:(1) Encourage or direct an...
• Section 10965.7.
  (a) An individual health benefit plan shall be renewable at the option of the insured except as permitted to be canceled, rescinded, or not renewed pursuant...
• Section 10965.9.
  (a) With respect to individual health benefit plans issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2014, a health insurer may use only the following...
• Section 10965.11.
  (a) A health insurer shall not be required to offer an individual health benefit plan or accept applications for the plan pursuant to Section 10965.3 in...
• Section 10965.13.
  (a) A health insurer that receives an application for an individual health benefit plan outside the Exchange during the initial open enrollment period, an annual enrollment...
• Section 10965.15.
  (a) On or before October 1, 2013, and annually every October 1 thereafter, a health insurer shall issue the following notice to all policyholders enrolled in...
• Section 10965.16.
  Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, this chapter shall be implemented to the extent that it meets or exceeds the requirements set forth in...
• Section 10965.17.
  (a) The commissioner may, no later than December 31, 2014, adopt emergency regulations implementing this chapter. The commissioner may readopt any emergency regulation authorized by this...
• Section 10965.18.
  (a) For purposes of this chapter, a bridge plan product shall mean an individual health benefit plan that is offered by a health insurer licensed under...

Last modified: October 22, 2018