Section 10123.184.

Every group policy of disability insurance that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, and that provides maternity benefits, that is issued, amended, renewed, or delivered on or after January 1, 1999, and every individual policy of disability insurance that covers hospital, medical, or surgical expenses, and that provides maternity benefits, that is of a type and form first offered for sale on or after January 1, 1999, shall provide coverage for participation in the Expanded Alpha Feto Protein (AFP) program, which is a statewide prenatal testing program administered by the State Department of Health Services. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a disability insurer that provides coverage for maternity benefits shall not require participation in the statewide prenatal testing program administered by the State Department of Health Services as a prerequisite to eligibility for, or receipt of, any other service.

(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 1064, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)