ARTICLE 2.5. Discriminatory Practices [10140. - 10145.4.]
Article 2.5 added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 620.
§§ 10140–10145.4 · 27 sections
- § 10140 (a) No admitted insurer, licensed to issue life or disability insurance, shall fail or refuse to accept an application for that insurance, to issue that…
- § 10140.1 (a) This section shall apply to the disclosure of genetic test results contained in an applicant or enrollee’s medical records by an admitted insurer licensed…
- § 10140.2 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10140, a health insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2011, shall not be subject to premium, price,…
- § 10140.5 (a) In addition to any other remedy permitted by law, the commissioner shall have the administrative authority to assess penalties specified in this section…
- § 10141 No application for insurance or insurance investigation report furnished by such an insurer to its agents or employees for use in determining the insurability…
- § 10142 Nothing in this article shall prohibit use in an application for life or disability insurance of a question asking for the birthplace of an applicant if such…
- § 10143 (a) No insurance company licensed in this state shall refuse to issue or sell or renew any policy of life or disability insurance after appropriate application…
- § 10144 No insurer issuing, providing, or administering any contract of individual or group insurance providing life, annuity, or disability benefits applied for and…
- § 10144.1 A disability insurer that denies coverage for an experimental medical procedure or plan of treatment for a claimant with a terminal illness, which for the…
- § 10144.2 (a) No disability insurer covering hospital, medical, or surgical expenses shall deny, refuse to insure, refuse to renew, cancel, restrict, or otherwise…
- § 10144.3 (a) No admitted insurer licensed to issue life insurance shall refuse to accept an application for insurance, refuse to issue or renew a policy, cancel a…
- § 10144.4 (a) A large group health insurance policy shall provide all covered mental health and substance use disorder benefits in compliance with the federal Paul…
- § 10144.5 (a) (1) Every disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2021, that provides hospital, medical, or surgical coverage shall…
- § 10144.51 (a) (1) Every health insurance policy shall also provide coverage for behavioral health treatment for pervasive developmental disorder or autism no later than…
- § 10144.52 (a) A disability insurer that provides hospital, medical, or surgical coverage shall base any medical necessity determination or the utilization review…
- § 10144.53 (a) (1) A disability insurance policy issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after January 1, 2024, that is required to provide coverage for medically…
- § 10144.54 (a) An insurance policy issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after July 1, 2023, shall cover the cost of developing an evaluation pursuant to Section…
- § 10144.55 (a) Every policy of disability income insurance, as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 799.01, that is of a short-term limited duration of two years or…
- § 10144.56 (a) For provider contracts issued, amended, or renewed on and after January 1, 2023, a disability insurer that provides coverage for mental health and…
- § 10144.565 Except as provided in Section 10144.56, within one year of the operative date of this section, a health insurer or its delegate that credentials health care…
- § 10144.57 (a) Coverage of mental health and substance use disorder treatment pursuant to Section 10144.5 includes behavioral health crisis services that are provided to…
- § 10144.58 For services provided to an insured under a disability insurance policy issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2025, a disability insurer subject to…
- § 10144.6 No disability insurer may utilize any information regarding whether a beneficiary’s psychiatric inpatient admission was made on a voluntary or involuntary…
- § 10145 No insurer issuing, providing, or administering any contract of individual or group insurance providing life, annuity, or disability benefits applied for and…
- § 10145.2 (a) Every policy of disability insurance that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after July 1, 2002, that covers hospital, medical, or surgery expenses shall…
- § 10145.3 (a) Every disability insurer that covers hospital, medical, or surgical benefits shall provide an external, independent review process to examine the insurer’s…
- § 10145.4 (a) An individual or group health insurance policy that is issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020, shall not: (1) Deny a qualified insured’s…