This article shall apply to health care service plan contracts offered in the individual or group market in California. However, this article shall not apply to a specialized health care service plan contract; a Medicare supplement contract subject to Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 1358.1); a health care service plan contract offered in the Medi-Cal program (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 14000) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code); a health care service plan contract offered in the Healthy Families Program (Part 6.2 (commencing with Section 12693) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code), the Access for Infants and Mothers Program (Part 6.3 (commencing with Section 12695) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code), the California Major Risk Medical Insurance
Program (Part 6.5 (commencing with Section 12700) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code), or the Federal Temporary High Risk Pool (Part 6.6 (commencing with Section 12739.5) of Division 2 of the Insurance Code); a health care service plan conversion contract offered pursuant to Section 1373.6; or a health care service plan contract offered to a federally eligible defined individual under Article 4.6 (commencing with Section 1366.35) or Article 10.5 (commencing with Section 1399.801).