(a) If an insurer’s or Medi-Cal managed care plan’s right to do business has been forfeited or its corporate powers suspended, service of summons may be made upon the persons designated by law to be served as agents or officers of the insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan, and these persons are the agents of the insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan for all purposes necessary in order to prosecute the action. In the case of corporations whose powers have been suspended, the persons constituting the board of directors may defend the action.
(b) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2012, and become inoperative on July 1, 2013. As of January 1, 2015, this section shall be repealed.