Health Care & Hospital Law
Oct. 28, 2009
Lawsuit Against State's Autism Policy Clears Hurdle
California regulators may have violated their own statute meant to protect consumers by writing an "underground regulation" benefiting insurers, an L.A. Superior Court judge found.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - California regulators may have violated their own statute meant to protect consumers by writing an "underground regulation" that excuses HMOs from covering costly autism treatments.
That was the finding by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge who last week decided to allow a consumer lawsuit to proceed against the state Department of Managed Health Care.
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