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 is  age  65  years of
age  or older. For disability insurance providing health
benefits sold to a person  age  65  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.