{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1399.846","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1399.846","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 2.2. Health Care Service Plans [1340. - 1399.874.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2.2"},{"name":"ARTICLE 11.8. Individual Access to Health Care Coverage [1399.845. - 1399.864.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-2.2/article-11.8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 700, Sec. 6.   (SB 1375)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not employees with respect to a sole proprietorship that consists only of the sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse. A partner and a partner’s spouse are not employees of a partnership that consists solely of partners and their spouses. Employer group health care service plans shall not be issued, marketed, or sold to a sole proprietorship or partnership without employees directly or indirectly through any arrangement. Only individual health care service plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.</p>","text":"For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not employees with respect to a sole proprietorship that consists only of the sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse. A partner and a partner’s spouse are not employees of a partnership that consists solely of partners and their spouses. Employer group health care service plans shall not be issued, marketed, or sold to a sole proprietorship or partnership without employees directly or indirectly through any arrangement. Only individual health care service plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/individual-access-to-health-care-coverage-1399-846","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}