ARTICLE 7. Preexisting Condition Provisions [10198.6. - 10198.10.]

Article 7 repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 852, Sec. 11.

§§ 10198.6–10198.10 · 6 sections

• § 10198.6 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Health benefit plan” means any group or individual policy of health insurance, as…
• § 10198.61 (a) For purposes of this article, “health benefit plan” does not include policies or certificates of specified disease or hospital confinement indemnity…
• § 10198.7 (a) A health benefit plan for group coverage shall not impose any preexisting condition provision or waivered condition provision upon any individual. (b) (1)…
• § 10198.8 This article applies to all health benefit plans that provide benefits to residents of this state regardless of the situs of the contract or group master…
• § 10198.9 A health benefit plan for group coverage shall not establish rules for eligibility, including continued eligibility, of an individual, or dependent of an…
• § 10198.10 This article shall become operative on January 1, 2014.