This article applies to all health benefit plans that provide benefits to residents of this state regardless of the situs of the contract or group master policyholder.
(Repealed (in Sec. 12) and added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 852, Sec. 11. (AB 1083) Effective January 1, 2013. Section operative January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 10198.10.)