A health care service plan, which is issued, renewed, or amended on or after January 1, 1988, which includes mental health services coverage in nongroup contracts may not include a lifetime waiver for that coverage with respect to any applicant. The lifetime waiver of coverage provision shall be deemed unenforceable.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 1374.5
Standards
Known as the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act
The act spans §§ 1340–1399 (617 sections).
Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1163, Sec. 1.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.