(a) Each organization issuing policies certified by the State Department of Health Care Services under this division shall each year contribute to a fund to be used for common educational and marketing expenses for reaching the target population designated by the California Partnership for Long-Term Care Program. The amount of each participating issuer’s required annual contribution shall be determined by the department and shall not be less than twenty thousand dollars ($20,000).
(b) Only to the extent that all activities identified in subdivision (a) and additional activities identified in Section 58051 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations have been fully funded for the fiscal year in which contributions are received, the fund may also be used to administer the task force established by Section 22011, implement recommendations made by the task force, and facilitate review of policy forms for certification by the program and approval by the Department of Insurance. Use of these funds shall be consistent with the purpose of the program as established by Section 22001.
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 487, Sec. 8. (SB 1384) Effective January 1, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2019, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 9 of Stats. 2016, Ch. 487.)
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