CA AB1216

Prohibits large group market health plans that are high deductible health plans (HDHPs) from subjecting individual family members to deductibles greater than the individual coverage deductible, if the individual deductible meets or exceeds the federal minimum under Internal Revenue Code Section 223(c)(2)(A)(i)(II).

Applies to both health care service plan contracts and health insurance policies issued, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2017 in the large group market.

Maintains existing requirements for individual and small group markets that family coverage deductibles equal the greater of the federal minimum HDHP deductible or the individual coverage deductible.

Establishes that no state reimbursement is required because the bill creates new criminal violations under the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act.