Insurance Code section 796.01

Disability insurers and nonprofit hospital service plans shall, upon rejecting a claim from a health care provider or a patient, and upon their demand, disclose the specific rationale used in determining why the claim was rejected. Nothing in this section is intended to expand or restrict the ability of a health care provider or a patient from having health care coverage approved in advance of services.

Source: Section 796.01, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=796.01. (updated Jan. 1, 1993; accessed Jun. 9, 2025).

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Original Source: Section 796.01, https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS§ionNum=796.01. (last accessed May 12, 2025).