AB 699

This bill requires health insurance plans and self-insured governmental

health plans to allow a pregnant individual who is eligible for coverage under the

plan, and any individual who is eligible for coverage because of a relationship to the

pregnant individual, to enroll in the plan at any time during the pregnancy. Under

the bill, the coverage must begin no later than the first day of the first calendar

month in which the pregnant individual receives medical verification of the

pregnancy, except that the pregnant individual may direct coverage to begin on the

first day of any month occurring during the pregnancy. The bill also requires that

insurers offering group health insurance coverage notify individuals of the special

enrollment period at or before the time the individual is initially offered the

opportunity to enroll in the plan.