(a) The board shall enter into a contract with the State Department of Social Services to serve as the Exchange appeals entity designated to hear appeals of eligibility or enrollment determination or redetermination for persons in the individual market, or exemption determinations within the Exchange’s jurisdiction. To the extent applicable, the provisions of this title, Subpart F of Part 155 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations shall govern the Exchange hearing process. If those provisions are not applicable, the Medi-Cal hearing process established in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10950) of Part 2 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall govern the Exchange hearing process.

(b) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it does not conflict with federal law.

Terms Used In California Government Code 100506.3

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18

(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 869, Sec. 4. (AB 617) Effective January 1, 2015.)