Bill Text: CA SB20 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Individual health care coverage: enrollment periods.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 24, Statutes of 2014. [SB20 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB20-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 20 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 24
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE JUNE 16, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR JUNE 16, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE JUNE 5, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 8, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE FEBRUARY 14, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hernandez
DECEMBER 3, 2012
An act to amend Section 1399.849 of the Health and Safety Code,
and to amend Section 10965.3 of the Insurance Code, relating to
health care coverage, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take
effect immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 20, Hernandez. Individual health care coverage: enrollment
periods.
Existing federal law, the federal Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act (PPACA), enacts various health care coverage
market reforms as of January 1, 2014. Among other things, PPACA
requires each health insurance issuer that offers health insurance
coverage in the individual or group market in a state to accept every
employer and individual in the state that applies for that coverage
and to renew that coverage at the option of the plan sponsor or the
individual.
Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975,
provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service
plans by the Department of Managed Health Care and makes a willful
violation of the act a crime. Existing law also provides for the
regulation of health insurers by the Department of Insurance.
Existing law requires a health care service plan or health insurer,
on and after October 1, 2013, to offer, market, and sell all of the
plan's insurer's health benefit plans that are sold in the individual
market for policy years on or after January 1, 2014, to all
individuals and dependents in each service area in which the plan or
insurer provides or arranges for the provision of health care
services, as specified, but requires plans and insurers to limit
enrollment in individual health benefit plans to specified open
enrollment and special enrollment periods. Existing law requires a
plan or insurer to provide an initial open enrollment period from
October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, inclusive, and annual enrollment
periods for plan years on or after January 1, 2015, from October 15
to December 7, inclusive, of the preceding calendar year.
This bill would require a plan or insurer to provide an annual
enrollment period for the policy year beginning on January 1, 2015,
from November 15, 2014, to February 15, 2015, inclusive.
Because a willful violation of that requirement by a health care
service plan would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated
local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 1399.849 of the Health and Safety Code is
amended to read:
1399.849. (a) (1) On and after October 1, 2013, a plan shall
fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the plan's
health benefit plans that are sold in the individual market for
policy years on or after January 1, 2014, to all individuals and
dependents in each service area in which the plan provides or
arranges for the provision of health care services. A plan shall
limit enrollment in individual health benefit plans to open
enrollment periods, annual enrollment periods, and special enrollment
periods as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d).
(2) A plan shall allow the subscriber of an individual health
benefit plan to add a dependent to the subscriber's plan at the
option of the subscriber, consistent with the open enrollment, annual
enrollment, and special enrollment period requirements in this
section.
(b) An individual health benefit plan issued, amended, or renewed
on or after January 1, 2014, shall not impose any preexisting
condition provision upon any individual.
(c) (1) A plan shall provide an initial open enrollment period
from October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, inclusive, an annual
enrollment period for the policy year beginning on January 1, 2015,
from November 15, 2014, to February 15, 2015, inclusive, and annual
enrollment periods for policy years beginning on or after January 1,
2016, from October 15 to December 7, inclusive, of the preceding
calendar year.
(2) Pursuant to Section 147.104(b)(2) of Title 45 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, for individuals enrolled in noncalendar year
individual health plan contracts, a plan shall also provide a limited
open enrollment period beginning on the date that is 30 calendar
days prior to the date the policy year ends in 2014.
(d) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), commencing January 1, 2014, a
plan shall allow an individual to enroll in or change individual
health benefit plans as a result of the following triggering events:
(A) He or she or his or her dependent loses minimum essential
coverage. For purposes of this paragraph, the following definitions
shall apply:
(i) "Minimum essential coverage" has the same meaning as that term
is defined in subsection (f) of Section 5000A of the Internal
Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 5000A).
(ii) "Loss of minimum essential coverage" includes, but is not
limited to, loss of that coverage due to the circumstances described
in Section 54.9801-6(a)(3)(i) to (iii), inclusive, of Title 26 of the
Code of Federal Regulations and the circumstances described in
Section 1163 of Title 29 of the United States Code. "Loss of minimum
essential coverage" also includes loss of that coverage for a reason
that is not due to the fault of the individual.
(iii) "Loss of minimum essential coverage" does not include loss
of that coverage due to the individual's failure to pay premiums on a
timely basis or situations allowing for a rescission, subject to
clause (ii) and Sections 1389.7 and 1389.21.
(B) He or she gains a dependent or becomes a dependent.
(C) He or she is mandated to be covered as a dependent pursuant to
a valid state or federal court order.
(D) He or she has been released from incarceration.
(E) His or her health coverage issuer substantially violated a
material provision of the health coverage contract.
(F) He or she gains access to new health benefit plans as a result
of a permanent move.
(G) He or she was receiving services from a contracting provider
under another health benefit plan, as defined in Section 1399.845 or
Section 10965 of the Insurance Code, for one of the conditions
described in subdivision (c) of Section 1373.96 and that provider is
no longer participating in the health benefit plan.
(H) He or she demonstrates to the Exchange, with respect to health
benefit plans offered through the Exchange, or to the department,
with respect to health benefit plans offered outside the Exchange,
that he or she did not enroll in a health benefit plan during the
immediately preceding enrollment period available to the individual
because he or she was misinformed that he or she was covered under
minimum essential coverage.
(I) He or she is a member of the reserve forces of the United
States military returning from active duty or a member of the
California National Guard returning from active duty service under
Title 32 of the United States Code.
(J) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
through the Exchange, in addition to the triggering events listed in
this paragraph, any other events listed in Section 155.420(d) of
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
outside the Exchange, an individual shall have 60 days from the date
of a triggering event identified in paragraph (1) to apply for
coverage from a health care service plan subject to this section.
With respect to individual health benefit plans offered through the
Exchange, an individual shall have 60 days from the date of a
triggering event identified in paragraph (1) to select a plan offered
through the Exchange, unless a longer period is provided in Part 155
(commencing with Section 155.10) of Subchapter B of Subtitle A of
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
through the Exchange, the effective date of coverage required
pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the dates specified
in Section 155.410 or 155.420 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, as applicable. A dependent who is a registered domestic
partner pursuant to Section 297 of the Family Code shall have the
same effective date of coverage as a spouse.
(f) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
outside the Exchange, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) After an individual submits a completed application form for a
plan contract, the health care service plan shall, within 30 days,
notify the individual of the individual's actual premium charges for
that plan established in accordance with Section 1399.855. The
individual shall have 30 days in which to exercise the right to buy
coverage at the quoted premium charges.
(2) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during the initial open enrollment period
described in subdivision (c), when the subscriber submits a premium
payment, based on the quoted premium charges, and that payment is
delivered or postmarked, whichever occurs earlier, by December 15,
2013, coverage under the individual health benefit plan shall become
effective no later than January 1, 2014. When that payment is
delivered or postmarked within the first 15 days of any subsequent
month, coverage shall become effective no later than the first day of
the following month. When that payment is delivered or postmarked
between December 16, 2013, and December 31, 2013, inclusive, or after
the 15th day of any subsequent month, coverage shall become
effective no later than the first day of the second month following
delivery or postmark of the payment.
(3) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during the annual open enrollment period
described in subdivision (c), when the individual submits a premium
payment, based on the quoted premium charges, and that payment is
delivered or postmarked, whichever occurs later, by December 15,
coverage shall become effective as of the following January 1. When
that payment is delivered or postmarked within the first 15 days of
any subsequent month, coverage shall become effective no later than
the first day of the following month. When that payment is delivered
or postmarked between December 16 and December 31, inclusive, or
after the 15th day of any subsequent month, coverage shall become
effective no later than the first day of the second month following
delivery or postmark of the payment.
(4) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during a special enrollment period described in
subdivision (d), the following provisions shall apply:
(A) When the individual submits a premium payment, based on the
quoted premium charges, and that payment is delivered or postmarked,
whichever occurs earlier, within the first 15 days of the month,
coverage under the plan shall become effective no later than the
first day of the following month. When the premium payment is neither
delivered nor postmarked until after the 15th day of the month,
coverage shall become effective no later than the first day of the
second month following delivery or postmark of the payment.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a birth,
adoption, or placement for adoption, the coverage shall be effective
on the date of birth, adoption, or placement for adoption.
(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of marriage or
becoming a registered domestic partner or in the case where a
qualified individual loses minimum essential coverage, the coverage
effective date shall be the first day of the month following the date
the plan receives the request for special enrollment.
(g) (1) A health care service plan shall not establish rules for
eligibility, including continued eligibility, of any individual to
enroll under the terms of an individual health benefit plan based on
any of the following factors:
(A) Health status.
(B) Medical condition, including physical and mental illnesses.
(C) Claims experience.
(D) Receipt of health care.
(E) Medical history.
(F) Genetic information.
(G) Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of
acts of domestic violence.
(H) Disability.
(I) Any other health status-related factor as determined by any
federal regulations, rules, or guidance issued pursuant to Section
2705 of the federal Public Health Service Act.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 1389.1, a health care service plan
shall not require an individual applicant or his or her dependent to
fill out a health assessment or medical questionnaire prior to
enrollment under an individual health benefit plan. A health care
service plan shall not acquire or request information that relates to
a health status-related factor from the applicant or his or her
dependent or any other source prior to enrollment of the individual.
(h) (1) A health care service plan shall consider as a single risk
pool for rating purposes in the individual market the claims
experience of all insureds and enrollees in all nongrandfathered
individual health benefit plans offered by that health care service
plan in this state, whether offered as health care service plan
contracts or individual health insurance policies, including those
insureds and enrollees who enroll in individual coverage through the
Exchange and insureds and enrollees who enroll in individual coverage
outside of the Exchange. Student health insurance coverage, as that
coverage is defined in Section 147.145(a) of Title 45 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, shall not be included in a health care service
plan's single risk pool for individual coverage.
(2) Each calendar year, a health care service plan shall establish
an index rate for the individual market in the state based on the
total combined claims costs for providing essential health benefits,
as defined pursuant to Section 1302 of PPACA, within the single risk
pool required under paragraph (1). The index rate shall be adjusted
on a marketwide basis based on the total expected marketwide payments
and charges under the risk adjustment and reinsurance programs
established for the state pursuant to Sections 1343 and 1341 of
PPACA. The premium rate for all of the health care service plan's
health benefit plans in the individual market shall use the
applicable index rate, as adjusted for total expected marketwide
payments and charges under the risk adjustment and reinsurance
programs established for the state pursuant to Sections 1343 and 1341
of PPACA, subject only to the adjustments permitted under paragraph
(3).
(3) A health care service plan may vary premium rates for a
particular health benefit plan from its index rate based only on the
following actuarially justified plan-specific factors:
(A) The actuarial value and cost-sharing design of the health
benefit plan.
(B) The health benefit plan's provider network, delivery system
characteristics, and utilization management practices.
(C) The benefits provided under the health benefit plan that are
in addition to the essential health benefits, as defined pursuant to
Section 1302 of PPACA and Section 1367.005. These additional benefits
shall be pooled with similar benefits within the single risk pool
required under paragraph (1) and the claims experience from those
benefits shall be utilized to determine rate variations for plans
that offer those benefits in addition to essential health benefits.
(D) With respect to catastrophic plans, as described in subsection
(e) of Section 1302 of PPACA, the expected impact of the specific
eligibility categories for those plans.
(E) Administrative costs, excluding user fees required by the
Exchange.
(i) This section shall only apply with respect to individual
health benefit plans for policy years on or after January 1, 2014.
(j) This section shall not apply to an individual health benefit
plan that is a grandfathered health plan.
(k) 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), subdivisions
(a), (b), and (g) shall become inoperative 12 months after that
repeal or amendment.
SEC. 2. Section 10965.3 of the Insurance Code is amended to read:
10965.3. (a) (1) On and after October 1, 2013, a health insurer
shall fairly and affirmatively offer, market, and sell all of the
insurer's health benefit plans that are sold in the individual market
for policy years on or after January 1, 2014, to all individuals and
dependents in each service area in which the insurer provides or
arranges for the provision of health care services. A health insurer
shall limit enrollment in individual health benefit plans to open
enrollment periods, annual enrollment periods, and special enrollment
periods as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d).
(2) A health insurer shall allow the policyholder of an individual
health benefit plan to add a dependent to the policyholder's health
benefit plan at the option of the policyholder, consistent with the
open enrollment, annual enrollment, and special enrollment period
requirements in this section.
(b) An individual health benefit plan issued, amended, or renewed
on or after January 1, 2014, shall not impose any preexisting
condition provision upon any individual.
(c) (1) A health insurer shall provide an initial open enrollment
period from October 1, 2013, to March 31, 2014, inclusive, an annual
enrollment period for the policy year beginning on January 1, 2015,
from November 15, 2014, to February 15, 2015, inclusive, and annual
enrollment periods for policy years beginning on or after January 1,
2016, from October 15 to December 7, inclusive, of the preceding
calendar year.
(2) Pursuant to Section 147.104(b)(2) of Title 45 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, for individuals enrolled in noncalendar-year
individual health plan contracts, a health insurer shall also provide
a limited open enrollment period beginning on the date that is 30
calendar days prior to the date the policy year ends in 2014.
(d) (1) Subject to paragraph (2), commencing January 1, 2014, a
health insurer shall allow an individual to enroll in or change
individual health benefit plans as a result of the following
triggering events:
(A) He or she or his or her dependent loses minimum essential
coverage. For purposes of this paragraph, both of the following
definitions shall apply:
(i) "Minimum essential coverage" has the same meaning as that term
is defined in subsection (f) of Section 5000A of the Internal
Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. Sec. 5000A).
(ii) "Loss of minimum essential coverage" includes, but is not
limited to, loss of that coverage due to the circumstances described
in Section 54.9801-6(a)(3)(i) to (iii), inclusive, of Title 26 of the
Code of Federal Regulations and the circumstances described in
Section 1163 of Title 29 of the United States Code. "Loss of minimum
essential coverage" also includes loss of that coverage for a reason
that is not due to the fault of the individual.
(iii) "Loss of minimum essential coverage" does not include loss
of that coverage due to the individual's failure to pay premiums on a
timely basis or situations allowing for a rescission, subject to
clause (ii) and Sections 10119.2 and 10384.17.
(B) He or she gains a dependent or becomes a dependent.
(C) He or she is mandated to be covered as a dependent pursuant to
a valid state or federal court order.
(D) He or she has been released from incarceration.
(E) His or her health coverage issuer substantially violated a
material provision of the health coverage contract.
(F) He or she gains access to new health benefit plans as a result
of a permanent move.
(G) He or she was receiving services from a contracting provider
under another health benefit plan, as defined in Section 10965 or
Section 1399.845 of the Health and Safety Code, for one of the
conditions described in subdivision (a) of Section 10133.56 and that
provider is no longer participating in the health benefit plan.
(H) He or she demonstrates to the Exchange, with respect to health
benefit plans offered through the Exchange, or to the department,
with respect to health benefit plans offered outside the Exchange,
that he or she did not enroll in a health benefit plan during the
immediately preceding enrollment period available to the individual
because he or she was misinformed that he or she was covered under
minimum essential coverage.
(I) He or she is a member of the reserve forces of the United
States military returning from active duty or a member of the
California National Guard returning from active duty service under
Title 32 of the United States Code.
(J) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
through the Exchange, in addition to the triggering events listed in
this paragraph, any other events listed in Section 155.420(d) of
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
outside the Exchange, an individual shall have 60 days from the date
of a triggering event identified in paragraph (1) to apply for
coverage from a health care service plan subject to this section.
With respect to individual health benefit plans offered through the
Exchange, an individual shall have 60 days from the date of a
triggering event identified in paragraph (1) to select a plan offered
through the Exchange, unless a longer period is provided in Part 155
(commencing with Section 155.10) of Subchapter B of Subtitle A of
Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(e) With respect to individual health benefit plans offered
through the Exchange, the effective date of coverage required
pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the dates specified
in Section 155.410 or 155.420 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal
Regulations, as applicable. A dependent who is a registered domestic
partner pursuant to Section 297 of the Family Code shall have the
same effective date of coverage as a spouse.
(f) With respect to an individual health benefit plan offered
outside the Exchange, the following provisions shall apply:
(1) After an individual submits a completed application form for a
plan, the insurer shall, within 30 days, notify the individual of
the individual's actual premium charges for that plan established in
accordance with Section 10965.9. The individual shall have 30 days in
which to exercise the right to buy coverage at the quoted premium
charges.
(2) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during the initial open enrollment period
described in subdivision (c), when the policyholder submits a premium
payment, based on the quoted premium charges, and that payment is
delivered or postmarked, whichever occurs earlier, by December 15,
2013, coverage under the individual health benefit plan shall become
effective no later than January 1, 2014. When that payment is
delivered or postmarked within the first 15 days of any subsequent
month, coverage shall become effective no later than the first day of
the following month. When that payment is delivered or postmarked
between December 16, 2013, and December 31, 2013, inclusive, or after
the 15th day of any subsequent month, coverage shall become
effective no later than the first day of the second month following
delivery or postmark of the payment.
(3) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during the annual open enrollment period
described in subdivision (c), when the individual submits a premium
payment, based on the quoted premium charges, and that payment is
delivered or postmarked, whichever occurs later, by December 15,
coverage shall become effective as of the following January 1. When
that payment is delivered or postmarked within the first 15 days of
any subsequent month, coverage shall become effective no later than
the first day of the following month. When that payment is delivered
or postmarked between December 16 and December 31, inclusive, or
after the 15th day of any subsequent month, coverage shall become
effective no later than the first day of the second month following
delivery or postmark of the payment.
(4) With respect to an individual health benefit plan for which an
individual applies during a special enrollment period described in
subdivision (d), the following provisions shall apply:
(A) When the individual submits a premium payment, based on the
quoted premium charges, and that payment is delivered or postmarked,
whichever occurs earlier, within the first 15 days of the month,
coverage under the plan shall become effective no later than the
first day of the following month. When the premium payment is neither
delivered nor postmarked until after the 15th day of the month,
coverage shall become effective no later than the first day of the
second month following delivery or postmark of the payment.
(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a birth,
adoption, or placement for adoption, the coverage shall be effective
on the date of birth, adoption, or placement for adoption.
(C) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of marriage or
becoming a registered domestic partner or in the case where a
qualified individual loses minimum essential coverage, the coverage
effective date shall be the first day of the month following the date
the insurer receives the request for special enrollment.
(g) (1) A health insurer shall not establish rules for
eligibility, including continued eligibility, of any individual to
enroll under the terms of an individual health benefit plan based on
any of the following factors:
(A) Health status.
(B) Medical condition, including physical and mental illnesses.
(C) Claims experience.
(D) Receipt of health care.
(E) Medical history.
(F) Genetic information.
(G) Evidence of insurability, including conditions arising out of
acts of domestic violence.
(H) Disability.
(I) Any other health status-related factor as determined by any
federal regulations, rules, or guidance issued pursuant to Section
2705 of the federal Public Health Service Act.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 10291.5, a health
insurer shall not require an individual applicant or his or her
dependent to fill out a health assessment or medical questionnaire
prior to enrollment under an individual health benefit plan. A health
insurer shall not acquire or request information that relates to a
health status-related factor from the applicant or his or her
dependent or any other source prior to enrollment of the individual.
(h) (1) A health insurer shall consider as a single risk pool for
rating purposes in the individual market the claims experience of all
insureds and enrollees in all nongrandfathered individual health
benefit plans offered by that insurer in this state, whether offered
as health care service plan contracts or individual health insurance
policies, including those insureds who enroll in individual coverage
through the Exchange and insureds who enroll in individual coverage
outside the Exchange. Student health insurance coverage, as such
coverage is defined at Section 147.145(a) of Title 45 of the Code of
Federal Regulations, shall not be included in a health insurer's
single risk pool for individual coverage.
(2) Each calendar year, a health insurer shall establish an index
rate for the individual market in the state based on the total
combined claims costs for providing essential health benefits, as
defined pursuant to Section 1302 of PPACA, within the single risk
pool required under paragraph (1). The index rate shall be adjusted
on a marketwide basis based on the total expected marketwide payments
and charges under the risk adjustment and reinsurance programs
established for the state pursuant to Sections 1343 and 1341 of
PPACA. The premium rate for all of the health insurer's health
benefit plans in the individual market shall use the applicable index
rate, as adjusted for total expected marketwide payments and charges
under the risk adjustment and reinsurance programs established for
the state pursuant to Sections 1343 and 1341 of PPACA, subject only
to the adjustments permitted under paragraph (3).
(3) A health insurer may vary premium rates for a particular
health benefit plan from its index rate based only on the following
actuarially justified plan-specific factors:
(A) The actuarial value and cost-sharing design of the health
benefit plan.
(B) The health benefit plan's provider network, delivery system
characteristics, and utilization management practices.
(C) The benefits provided under the health benefit plan that are
in addition to the essential health benefits, as defined pursuant to
Section 1302 of PPACA and Section 10112.27. These additional benefits
shall be pooled with similar benefits within the single risk pool
required under paragraph (1) and the claims experience from those
benefits shall be utilized to determine rate variations for plans
that offer those benefits in addition to essential health benefits.
(D)
With respect to catastrophic plans, as described in subsection (e) of
Section 1302 of PPACA, the expected impact of the specific
eligibility categories for those plans.
(E) Administrative costs, excluding any user fees required by the
Exchange.
(i) This section shall only apply with respect to individual
health benefit plans for policy years on or after January 1, 2014.
(j) This section shall not apply to an individual health benefit
plan that is a grandfathered health plan.
(k) 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), subdivisions
(a), (b), and (g) shall become inoperative 12 months after the date
of that repeal or amendment and individual health care benefit plans
shall thereafter be subject to Sections 10901.2, 10951, and 10953.
SEC. 3. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or
infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty
for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the
Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the
meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution.
SEC. 4. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to adjust the next open enrollment period for the
individual health care coverage market as needed to comply with
federal law, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.
