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Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15885.5 · Article 5. Subscriber Eligibility and Enrollment

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15885.5

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

If more than one participating health plan is offered, the department shall make available to applicants eligible to enroll in the program sufficient information to make an informed choice among the various types of participating health plans. Each applicant shall be issued an appropriate document setting forth or summarizing the services to which an enrollee is entitled, procedures for obtaining major risk medical coverage, a list of contracting health plans and providers, and a summary of grievance procedures.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 626. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.

Source of truth

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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=WIC&sectionNum=15885.5.
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