Ins. Code, § 10126.6 · Article 1. General Provisions
Ins. Code, § 10126.6
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Every policy of disability insurance that provides hospital, medical, or surgical coverage under a health benefit plan, defined in subdivision (a) of Section 10198.6, that provides coverage for emergency health care services, that is issued, amended, delivered, or renewed in this state on or after January 1, 1999, shall include coverage for emergency medical transportation services, as defined in subdivision (b). This coverage shall be provided without regard to whether the emergency provider has a contractual arrangement with the insurer or whether there was prior authorization, subject to the terms and conditions of the policy.
(b) For purposes of this section, “emergency medical transportation services” means ambulance services provided through the “911” emergency response system.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 979, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
- Official file
- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=10126.6.
- Text hash
- sha256 b05141a93f879632e9394565225162e7923eda120251c78c4e32379a9d42b769
- Composed by
- compose_ca.py 2026-10-22: the Legislative Counsel's CAML content files read by a tokenizer (caml_readers.reader_a); an independent xml.etree reading (caml_readers.reader_b) agrees on every section
This section cites
Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Insurance Code
Procedural information only. Not legal advice and not a substitute for the advice of an attorney. Confirm the current text with the official publisher before relying on it.