Section 1366.29 Of Article 4.5. California Cobra Program From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 2. >> Chapter 2.2. >> Article 4.5.
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. (a) A health care service plan shall offer an enrollee who
has exhausted continuation coverage under COBRA the opportunity to
continue coverage for up to 36 months from the date the enrollee's
continuation coverage began, if the enrollee is entitled to less than
36 months of continuation coverage under COBRA. The health care
service plan shall offer coverage pursuant to the terms of this
article, including the rate limitations contained in Section 1366.26.
(b) Notification of the coverage available under this section
shall be included in the notice of the pending termination of COBRA
coverage that is required to be provided to COBRA beneficiaries and
that is required to be provided under Section 1366.24.
(c) For purposes of this section, "COBRA" means Section 4980B of
Title 26 of the United States Code, Sections 1161 et seq. of Title 29
of the United States Code, and Section 300bb of Title 42 of the
United States Code.
(d) This section shall not apply to specialized health care
service plans providing noncore coverage, as defined in subdivision
(g) of Section 1366.21.
(e) This section shall become operative on September 1, 2003, and
shall apply to individuals who begin receiving COBRA coverage on or
after January 1, 2003.