Section 10851 Of Article 6. Participating Carriers From California Insurance Code >> Division 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 6.
10851
. Every participating carrier shall:
(a) Meet the standards established by the board pursuant to this
chapter.
(b) Provide any data required by the board.
(c) Comply with, all applicable laws and regulations that regulate
health care coverage or medical benefits provided to employers,
including, with respect to coverage that is provided to small
employers, Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 10700) for insurers and
Article 3.1 (commencing with Section 1357) of Chapter 2.2 of
Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code for health care service
plans. However, a carrier contracting to participate in a purchasing
alliance shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements
for small employers of subdivision (a) of Section 1357.03 of the
Health and Safety Code and of subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section
10705 for a benefit plan design offered through the purchasing
alliance in those service regions in which the carrier participates
in the purchasing alliance and the benefit plan design is offered
exclusively through the purchasing alliance.
(d) Comply with all rules and regulations regarding the
application of risk adjustment factors to standard risk rates for
small employers as specified in subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section
1357.12 of the Health and Safety Code and subdivisions (a) and (b) of
Section 10714 of this code. A participating carrier shall also
comply with the requirements that coverage be issued to small
employers on a guaranteed issue basis as is specified in subdivision
(a) of Section 1357.03 of the Health and Safety Code and subdivision
(b) of Section 10705 of this code for small employers.
(e) All participating medical carriers shall, in determining small
employer rates for health benefit plans offered through a purchasing
alliance, use the six service regions established by this chapter in
determining risk categories for standard employee risk rates.
(f) Enroll and disenroll individuals as directed by the purchasing
alliance or its designee.
(g) Comply with any other requirement established by the board
pursuant to this chapter.