§ 10232.5

Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 1273, Sec. 4.2.

On or after January 1, 1990, no long-term care insurance policy may be delivered or issued for delivery in this state which does any of the following:

(a)Preconditions the availability of benefits on prior hospitalization.
(b)Conditions eligibility for benefits provided in an institutional care setting on the receipt of a higher level of institutional care.
(c)Preconditions the availability of benefits for community-based care, home health care, or home care on

prior institutionalization.

(d)Conditions eligibility for noninstitutional benefits, other than those in subdivision (c), on a prior institutional stay of more than 30 days.

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