2021 California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 2 - LICENSING PROVISIONS
CHAPTER 2.2 - Health Care Service Plans
ARTICLE 5 - Standards
Section 1374.1.
(a) An individual health care service plan contract issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2023, that provides dependent coverage shall make dependent coverage available to a parent or stepparent who meets the definition of a qualifying relative under Section 152(d) of Title 26 of the United States Code and who lives or resides within the health care service plan’s service area.
(b) If an applicant is seeking to add to their contract a dependent parent or stepparent who is eligible for or enrolled in Medicare, at the time of solicitation and on the application:
(1) A health care service plan shall provide to an applicant who does not apply through the California Health Benefit Exchange written notice that the Health Insurance Counseling and Advocacy Program (HICAP) provides health insurance counseling to senior California residents free of charge.
(2) The California Health Benefit Exchange shall provide to an applicant who applies through the California Health Benefit Exchange written notice that HICAP provides health insurance counseling to senior California residents free of charge.
(3) A solicitor shall provide the name, address, and telephone number of the local HICAP program and the statewide HICAP telephone number, 1-800-434-0222.
(c) This section does not apply to specialized health care service plans, Medicare supplement insurance, CHAMPUS supplement insurance, or TRICARE supplement insurance, or to hospital-only, accident-only, or specified disease insurance policies that reimburse for hospital, medical, or surgical benefits.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 468, Sec. 1. (AB 570) Effective January 1, 2022.)
