Section 806 Of Chapter 3. The California Military Families Financial Relief Act From California Military And Veterans Code >> Division 4. >> Chapter 3.
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. (a) Any entity, which was providing any type of health care
coverage, including, but not limited to, health care service plans,
specialized health care service plans, and health insurance to a
reservist at the time the reservist was ordered to active duty, shall
reinstate the health care coverage without waiting periods or
exclusion of coverage for preexisting conditions.
(b) Pursuant to Section 1386 of the Health and Safety Code, the
Director of the Department of Managed Health Care has the authority
to enforce the provisions of this section concerning any person or
entity subject to regulation under Chapter 2.2 (commencing with
Section 1340) of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Health and Safety Code,
and may impose any applicable penalties provided for under that
section.
(c) Pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 12921 of the Insurance
Code, the Insurance Commissioner has the authority to enforce the
provisions of this section concerning any person or entity subject to
regulation under the Insurance Code, and may impose any applicable
penalties provided for under the Insurance Code.
(d) The enforcement and penalty provisions of the act that added
this subdivision shall apply only to reservists ordered to active
duty on or after January 1, 2007.