Section 12636.

(a) If the board finds that an insurer's or Medi-Cal managed care plan's failure to make a timely return or payment is due to reasonable cause and to circumstances beyond the insurer's or Medi-Cal managed care plan's control, and which occurred despite the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect, the insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan may be relieved of the penalty provided by Section 12258, 12282, 12287, 12631, 12632, or 12633.

(b) Any insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan seeking to be relieved of the penalty shall file with the board a statement under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the claim for relief is based.

(c) This section shall be operative on July 1, 2012, and become inoperative on July 1, 2013. As of January 1, 2015, this section shall be repealed.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 33, Sec. 102. Effective June 27, 2013. Section operative as of July 1, 2012, by its own provisions. Inoperative July 1, 2013. Repealed as of January 1, 2015, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Ch. 33.)