ARTICLE 2. Small Employer Carrier Requirements [10702. - 10718.7.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1128, Sec. 10.
§§ 10702–10718.7 · 22 sections
- § 10702 All carriers writing, issuing, or administering health benefit plans that cover employees of small employers shall be subject to this chapter if any one of the…
- § 10702.1 Any person or entity subject to the requirements of this chapter shall comply with the standards set forth in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 3750) of Part…
- § 10703 The commissioner shall have the authority to determine whether a health benefit plan is covered by this chapter, and to determine whether an employer is a…
- § 10704 The commissioner may issue regulations that are necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Prior to the public comment period required on the…
- § 10705 Upon the effective date of this act: (a) No group or individual policy or contract or certificate of group insurance or statement of group coverage providing…
- § 10705.1 (a) Between July 26, 1993, and October 24, 1993, as well as 60 days prior to the expiration of an existing contract that expires prior to July 1, 1994, or, for…
- § 10706 Every carrier shall file with the commissioner the reasonable participation requirements and employer contribution requirements that are to be included in its…
- § 10706.5 (a) After a small employer submits a completed application, the carrier shall, within 30 days notify the employer of the employer’s actual rates in accordance…
- § 10707 Except in the case of a late enrollee, or for satisfaction of a preexisting condition clause in the case of initial coverage of an eligible employee, a carrier…
- § 10708 (a) (1) Preexisting condition provisions of health benefit plans shall not exclude coverage for a period beyond six months following the individual’s effective…
- § 10709 (a) No health benefit plan may exclude late enrollees from coverage for more than 12 months from the date of the late enrollee’s application for coverage. No…
- § 10711 No carrier shall be required by the provisions of this chapter: (a) To offer coverage to, or accept applications from, a small employer as defined in paragraph…
- § 10712 (a) A carrier shall not be required to offer coverage or accept applications for benefit plan designs pursuant to this chapter where the commissioner…
- § 10713 All health benefit plans written, issued, or administered by carriers on or after the effective date of this chapter, and all health benefit plans in force on…
- § 10714 Premiums for benefit plan designs written, issued, or administered by carriers on or after the effective date of this act, shall be subject to the following…
- § 10715 Carriers shall apply standard employee risk rates consistently with respect to all small employers.
- § 10716 In connection with the offering for sale of any benefit plan design to small employers: Each carrier shall make a reasonable disclosure, as part of its…
- § 10717 (a) No carrier shall provide or renew coverage subject to this chapter until it has done all of the following: (1) A statement has been filed with the…
- § 10718 (a) In addition to any other remedy permitted by law, the commissioner shall have the administrative authority to assess penalties against carriers, insurance…
- § 10718.5 (a) (1) In addition to any other remedy permitted by law, whenever the commissioner shall have reason to believe that any carrier, production agent, or other…
- § 10718.55 (a) Carriers may enter into contractual agreements with qualified associations, as defined in subdivision (b), under which these qualified associations may…
- § 10718.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no provision of this chapter shall be construed to limit the applicability of any other provision of the Insurance…