Cal. HSC § 1399.81
This is the official text of Cal. HSC § 1399.81, part of California’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health, hospitals, controlled substances, and environmental health standards.
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Official statutory text
The director shall have the authority to issue a license to act as a health care service plan to a CO-OP that has been organized as a nonprofit member organization or nonprofit member corporation under the laws of this state. The director may also issue a license to act as a health care service plan to a foreign CO-OP that has been organized as a nonprofit member organization or nonprofit member corporation under the laws of another state, provided that the entity meets the requirements governing CO-OPs under PPACA and this article. A CO-OP seeking or maintaining a license pursuant to this article shall be subject to the same fees that are imposed on other health care service plans pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 1349).
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