(a) Coverage provided to subscribers shall meet the federal coverage requirements in Section 2103 of Title XXI of the Social Security Act. Except as otherwise provided in this part, the covered health benefits provided to subscribers shall be equivalent to those provided to state employees through the Public Employees’ Retirement System for the most recent plan year preceding the applicable program plan year, except that the plans may provide a mechanism for inpatient hospital care provided under the mental health benefit through which applicants may agree to a treatment plan in which each inpatient day may be substituted for two residential treatment days or three day treatment program days.
(b) The adoption and readoption, by the Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board, of regulations to implement the changes made to this section by the act that added this subdivision, shall be deemed to be an emergency and necessary to avoid serious harm to the public peace, health, safety, or general welfare for purposes of Sections 11346.1 and 11349.6 of the Government Code, and the board is hereby exempted from the requirement that it describe facts showing the need for immediate action and from review by the Office of Administrative Law.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 3, Sec. 1.5. (AB 97) Effective March 24, 2011.)