Bill Text: CA AB1262 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Insurance: disability insurance: seniors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - Died at Desk. [AB1262 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1262-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1262 INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hagman FEBRUARY 22, 2013 An act to amend Section 788 of the Insurance Code, relating to insurance. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1262, as introduced, Hagman. Insurance: disability insurance: seniors. Existing law prohibits an insurer from knowingly recommending for sale or selling disability insurance providing health benefits directly to a Medi-Cal beneficiary who is age 65 or older. Existing law requires, when selling disability insurance providing health benefits to a person age 65 or older, to include in the application or other supplemental record signed by the applicant a question designed to determine if the applicant is receiving Medi-Cal benefits. This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 788 of the Insurance Code is amended to read: 788. An insurer, agent, broker, or other person engaged in the transaction of insurance shall not knowingly recommend for sale, or sell, disability insurance providing health benefits directly to a Medi-Cal beneficiary who isage65 years of age or older. For disability insurance providing health benefits sold to a personage65 years of age or older, the application or other supplemental record signed by the applicant shall contain a question designed to determine if the applicant is receiving Medi-Cal benefits.