{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1350","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1350","heading":"","body":"(a) Consistent with federal law, a sponsor of a prescription drug plan authorized by the federal Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-173) shall hold a valid license as a health care service plan issued by the department or as a life and disability insurer by the Department of Insurance.\n(b) An entity that is licensed as a health care service plan and that operates a prescription drug plan shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter, unless preempted by federal law.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 2.2. Health Care Service Plans [1340. - 1399.874.]","ARTICLE 3. Licensing and Fees [1349. - 1356.3.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"0683d9377050c8988e5e8916bdd1992530d95c65a0972aa4909b7db147a1ea69","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1349.2","next":"us-ca/hsc-1351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}