{"data":{"id":"us-ca/ins-10965.02","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"INS § 10965.02","heading":"","body":"For the purposes of determining eligibility for small employer coverage, a sole proprietor and the sole proprietor’s spouse are not considered 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 benefit 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 benefit plans shall be sold to any entity without employees.","path":["Insurance Code - INS","DIVISION 2. CLASSES OF INSURANCE [1880. - 12880.8.]","PART 2. LIFE AND DISABILITY INSURANCE [10110. - 11549.]","CHAPTER 9.9. Individual Access to Health Insurance [10965. - 10965.18.]"],"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":"415b44c83e6d734f9f84be76ce89dc840ab035c9fd8e6fa94923ead7568ffebd","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/ins-10965.01","next":"us-ca/ins-10965.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}