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Section 22850.5 Of Article 6. Health Benefit Plans And Contracts From California Government Code >> Division 5. >> Title 2. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 6.
22850.5
. (a) In performing the duties prescribed by Section 22850,
the board shall negotiate with carriers providing health benefit
plans to add a core health plan option to the existing portfolio of
health plans or to implement other measures to achieve ongoing cost
savings beginning in the 2012-13 fiscal year, or both.
(b) For purposes of this section, a "core health plan" means a plan that includes all of the following:
(1) A plan that provides coverage for essential benefits at lower premiums, for both the state and the employee, than existing benefit plan options.
(2) A plan that may include fewer benefits and higher employee cost sharing than those provided in existing health benefit plan options.
(3) A plan option that is available for participants beginning in the 2012 open enrollment period for the 2013 calendar year.
(b) For purposes of this section, a "core health plan" means a plan that includes all of the following:
(1) A plan that provides coverage for essential benefits at lower premiums, for both the state and the employee, than existing benefit plan options.
(2) A plan that may include fewer benefits and higher employee cost sharing than those provided in existing health benefit plan options.
(3) A plan option that is available for participants beginning in the 2012 open enrollment period for the 2013 calendar year.
