California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2.6 - Third-Party Liability

• Section 4659.10.
  It is the intent of the Legislature that this article shall be implemented consistent with the responsibilities of the department and the regional centers to...
• Section 4659.11.
  (a) When services are provided or will be provided to a consumer under this division, or to a child under 36 months of age who is...
• Section 4659.12.
  (a) Where an action is brought by the department or a regional center pursuant to Section 4659.11, it shall be commenced within the period prescribed in...
• Section 4659.13.
  (a) If a consumer or child under 36 months of age who is eligible for the California Early Intervention Program pursuant to Title 14 (commencing with...
• Section 4659.14.
  In the event of judgment or award in a suit or claim against a third party or carrier:(a) If the action or claim is prosecuted by...
• Section 4659.15.
  Upon further application at any time before the judgment or award is satisfied, the court shall allow as a further lien the reasonable value of...
• Section 4659.16.
  (a) No settlement, judgment, or award in any action or claim by a consumer or child to recover damages for injuries, where the department or regional...
• Section 4659.17.
  When the department or regional center has perfected a lien upon a judgment or award in favor of a child eligible for the California Early...
• Section 4659.18.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event shall the department or the regional center recover an amount greater than the child eligible for...
• Section 4659.19.
  The amount recovered by the department or regional center shall not exceed the amount derived from applying Section 4659.12, 4659.16, or 4659.18, whichever is less.(Added...
• Section 4659.20.
  In the event that the child or consumer, his or her guardian, conservator, limited conservator, personal representative, estate, or survivors, or any of them brings...
• Section 4659.21.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all carriers described in Section 14124.70, including automobile, casualty, property, and malpractice insurers, shall enter into agreements with regional...
• Section 4659.22.
  (a) Every health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C....
• Section 4659.23.
  In order to assess overlapping or duplicate health coverage, every health insurer, self-insured plan, group health plan, as defined in Section 607(1) of the federal...
• Section 4659.24.
  (a) When the rights of a consumer or a child receiving services under the California Early Intervention Program to recovery from an insurer have been assigned...

Last modified: October 22, 2018