Plain English Breakdown
The source text uses the term 'as defined' for applicable household members but does not provide the definition within this excerpt.
Exemption from Health Insurance Penalty for Past Medi-Cal Enrollment
This law stops the Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty for a month if an applicable household member was enrolled in Medi-Cal during 2024 or 2025.
What This Bill Does
- Adds a new rule to stop the Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty for specific people.
- Applies this protection to any month where an applicable household member, as defined by law, was enrolled in Medi-Cal during 2024 or 2025.
Who It Names or Affects
- California residents who are required by existing law to maintain health insurance coverage.
- Applicable household members with respect to whom the penalty would otherwise be imposed if they were enrolled in Medi-Cal during 2024 or 2025.
Terms To Know
- Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty
- A fee charged for failing to maintain minimum essential health insurance coverage, collected by the Franchise Tax Board with help from the California Health Benefit Exchange.
- Medi-Cal
- The state program in which a household member must be enrolled during 2024 or 2025 to qualify for this penalty exemption.
Limits and Unknowns
- This exemption only applies if the applicable household member was enrolled in Medi-Cal specifically during the years 2024 or 2025.
- The bill does not define what 'applicable household member' means, leaving that definition to existing law.