{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-10117","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 10117","heading":"","body":"(a) A policy of disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan may not provide an exception for other coverage where the other coverage is entitlement to Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14500) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or medicaid benefits under Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Each policy of disability insurance shall be interpreted not to provide an exception for those Medi-Cal or medicaid benefits.\n(b) A policy of disability insurance may not provide that the benefits payable thereunder are subject to reduction if the individual insured has entitlement to such Medi-Cal benefits.\n(c) A policy of disability insurance, self-insured employee welfare benefit plan, or nonprofit hospital service plan shall not provide an exception for enrollment for benefits because of an applicant’s entitlement to Medi-Cal benefits under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) or Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 14500) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, or medicaid benefits under Subchapter 19 (commencing with Section 1396) of Chapter 7 of Title 42 of the United States Code.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE [10110. - 11549.]","CHAPTER 1. The Contract [10110. - 10198.10.]","ARTICLE 1. General Provisions [10110. - 10127.20.]"],"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":"3864985930f2ed550edd559f9dda5ba3c71ce04a5d366a49595d5fbabbe1dac4","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-10116.5","next":"us-ca/ins-10117.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}