A small employer health care service plan contract shall not impose a preexisting condition provision or a waiting or affiliation period upon any individual.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 195, Sec. 8. (SB 1034) Effective January 1, 2015.)

Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 1357.607

  • Affiliation period: means a period that, under the terms of the health care service plan contract, must expire before health care services under the contract become effective. See California Health and Safety Code 1357.600
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • plan: refers to health care service plans and specialized health care service plans. See California Health and Safety Code 1345
  • Preexisting condition provision: means a contract provision that excludes coverage for charges or expenses incurred during a specified period following the enrollee's effective date of coverage, as to a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during a specified period immediately preceding the effective date of coverage. See California Health and Safety Code 1357.600
  • Small employer: means any of the following:

    California Health and Safety Code 1357.600

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