California Health and Safety Code 1399.834 – (a) All health care service plan contracts offered to a child or …
(a) All health care service plan contracts offered to a child or on behalf of a child to a responsible party for a child shall conform to the requirements of Sections 1365, 1366.3, and 1373.6, and shall be renewable at the option of the enrollee or responsible party for a child on behalf of the enrollee except as permitted to be canceled, rescinded, or not renewed pursuant to Section 1365.
(b) Any plan that ceases to offer for sale new individual health care service plan contracts pursuant to Section 1365 shall continue to be governed by this article with respect to business conducted under this article.
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1399.834
- Child: means any individual under 19 years of age. See California Health and Safety Code 1399.825
- Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
- Enrollee: means a person who is enrolled in a plan and who is a recipient of services from the plan. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
- plan: refers to health care service plans and specialized health care service plans. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
- Responsible party for a child: means an adult having custody of the child or with responsibility for the financial needs of the child, including the responsibility to provide health care coverage. See California Health and Safety Code 1399.825
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
(c) Except as authorized under Section 1399.833, a plan that, as of the effective date of this article, does not write new health care service plan contracts for children in this state or that, after the effective date of this article, ceases to write new health care service plan contracts for children in this state shall be prohibited from offering for sale new individual health care service plan contracts in this state for a period of five years from the date of notice to the director.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 296, Sec. 143. (AB 1023) Effective January 1, 2012. Inoperative, pursuant to Section 1399.836, on January 1, 2014, subject to condition for resuming operation.)