California Code
PART 2 - LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE
CHAPTER 9 - The Private Health Care Voluntary Purchasing Alliance Act

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 10800. - 10800. This chapter shall be known as the Private Health...

Section 10801. - 10801. The purpose of this chapter is to improve the...

Section 10802. - 10802. This chapter is also intended to provide a meaningful...

Section 10803. - 10803. It is envisioned that a purchasing alliance will contract...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 10810. - 10810. As used in this chapter: (a) “Ancillary benefit plan”...

ARTICLE 3 - Regulation

Section 10820. - 10820. (a) The commissioner shall regulate the establishment and conduct...

Section 10821. - 10821. (a) An entity seeking to obtain a certificate of...

Section 10821.5. - 10821.5. (a) The purchasing alliance shall furnish an annual financial...

Section 10822. - 10822. After the issuance or reissuance of a certificate of...

Section 10823. - 10823. In addition to any other grounds specified in this...

Section 10824. - 10824. (a) The commissioner may take disciplinary action against a...

Section 10825. - 10825. (a) A purchasing alliance whose certificate has been revoked...

Section 10826. - 10826. (a) Any person who violates any provision of this...

ARTICLE 4 - Conflicts of Interest

Section 10830. - 10830. No owner, officer, partner, or board members or members...

ARTICLE 5 - Additional Powers of and Restrictions on Purchasing Alliances

Section 10840. - 10840. A purchasing alliance shall do all of the following:...

Section 10841. - 10841. (a) A purchasing alliance shall comply with all requirements...

Section 10842. - 10842. A purchasing alliance may do any of the following:...

Section 10843. - 10843. A purchasing alliance shall not do any of the...

Section 10844. - 10844. A purchasing alliance may offer coverage pursuant to Chapter...

Section 10845. - 10845. (a) The commissioner shall require every purchasing alliance, as...

ARTICLE 6 - Participating Carriers

Section 10850. - 10850. (a) In order to be eligible to be a...

Section 10851. - 10851. Every participating carrier shall: (a) Meet the standards established...

Section 10853. - 10853. In contracts with participating carriers, the purchasing alliance may...

Section 10854. - 10854. Nothing in this chapter shall prohibit a participating carrier...

Section 10855. - 10855. In the event the participating carrier elects to terminate...

Section 10856. - 10856. Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit...

ARTICLE 7 - Contracts with Employers, Small Employers, and Participating Carriers

Section 10860. - 10860. Contracts between the purchasing alliance and participating carriers shall...

Section 10861. - 10861. Contracts between purchasing alliances and participating employers shall provide...

ARTICLE 8 - Marketing

Section 10870. - 10870. The board shall establish marketing standards to be used...

Section 10871. - 10871. Any marketing, advertisement, or educational material for health benefit...

Section 10872. - 10872. This article shall not be construed to prohibit or...

Section 10873. - 10873. (a) A participating carrier, agent, broker, contractor, or producer...

ARTICLE 9 - Solvency

Section 10880. - 10880. In the event a purchasing alliance becomes insolvent, the...

ARTICLE 10 - Exemptions

Section 10885. - 10885. Purchasing alliances shall be exempt from requirements of licensure...

Section 10886. - 10886. For purposes of carrier product disclosure, a purchasing alliance...

Section 10887. - 10887. Except as provided in subdivision (c) of Section 10820,...