Section 1363.07 Of Article 4. Solicitation And Enrollment From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.2. >> Article 4.
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. (a) Each health care service plan shall send copies of the
comparative benefit matrix prepared pursuant to Section 1363.06 on
an annual basis, or more frequently as the matrix is updated by the
department and the Department of Insurance, to solicitors and
solicitor firms and employers with whom the plan contracts.
(b) Each health care service plan shall require its
representatives and solicitors and soliciting firms with which it
contracts, to provide a copy of the comparative benefit matrix to
individuals when presenting any benefit package for examination or
sale.
(c) Each health care service plan that maintains an Internet Web
site shall make a downloadable copy of the comparative benefit matrix
described in Section 1363.06 available through a link on its site to
the Internet Web sites of the department and the Department of
Insurance.
(d) (1) This section shall be inoperative on January 1, 2014.
(2) If Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by
Section 1501 of PPACA, is repealed or amended to no longer apply to
the individual market, as defined in Section 2791 of the federal
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-91), this section
shall become operative on the date of that repeal or amendment.
(3) For purposes of this subdivision, "PPACA" means the federal
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as
amended by the federal Health Care Education and Reconciliation Act
of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), and any rules, regulations, or guidance
issued pursuant to that law.