{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1399.846","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1399.846","heading":"","body":"For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not employees with respect to a sole proprietorship that consists only of the sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse. A partner and a partner’s spouse are not employees of a partnership that consists solely of partners and their spouses. Employer group health care service plans shall not be issued, marketed, or sold to a sole proprietorship or partnership without employees directly or indirectly through any arrangement. Only individual health care service plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 2.2. Health Care Service Plans [1340. - 1399.874.]","ARTICLE 11.8. Individual Access to Health Care Coverage [1399.845. - 1399.864.]"],"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":"cb94ffb7039ab6c8e40992f43ff7da3d8d474fe7849aa46ad691c488df45aa83","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1399.845","next":"us-ca/hsc-1399.847"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}