CHAPTER 7. Disability Insurance Disclosure [10600. - 10609.]
Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1974, Ch. 936.
§§ 10600–10609 · 14 sections
- § 10600 This part shall be known and may be referred to as the “Health Insurance Disclosure Act of 1974.”
- § 10601 As used in this chapter: (a) “Benefits and coverage” means the accident, sickness or disability indemnity available under a policy of disability insurance. (b)…
- § 10602 For the purposes of this chapter, where the definition of the term “hospital” in the policy omits care in any “health facility” defined pursuant to subdivision…
- § 10602.1 Nothing in this chapter shall prevent an insurer which makes contracts with hospitals from distinguishing between contracting hospitals and noncontracting…
- § 10603 (a) (1) On or before April 1, 1975, the commissioner shall promulgate a standard supplemental disclosure form for all disability insurance policies. Upon the…
- § 10603.04 (a) For policy years on and after January 1, 2021, or 12 months after regulations are adopted under subdivision (f), whichever occurs later, a health insurer…
- § 10604 The disclosure form shall include the following information, in concise and specific terms, relative to the disability insurance policy: (a) The applicable…
- § 10604.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the right of every patient to receive basic information necessary to give full and informed consent is a…
- § 10604.5 An insurer shall annually disclose to the governing board of a public agency that is the policyholder of a group health insurance policy, the name and address…
- § 10605 (a) Effective July 1, 1976, all insurers, and their employees and agents, shall, when presenting any disability insurance policy for examination or sale to an…
- § 10606 Effective July 1, 1976, where the commissioner finds it necessary in the interest of full and fair disclosure, all advertising and other consumer information,…
- § 10607 In addition to the other disclosures required by this chapter, every insurer and their employees or agents shall, when presenting a plan for examination or…
- § 10608 The commissioner shall, from time to time as conditions warrant, after notice and public hearing, promulgate such reasonable rules and regulations, and…
- § 10609 Beginning on or before January 1, 1976, each insurer shall, to the extent required by the commissioner, file with the commissioner copies of all printed…