California · Family Code
FAM §3769: No employer shall use a health insurance coverage assignment order as grounds for refusing to hire a person or for discharging or taking disciplinary action against an employee.
What this law says, in plain English
Employers cannot refuse to hire, discharge, or discipline someone based on a health insurance coverage assignment order.
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No employer shall use a health insurance coverage assignment order as grounds for refusing to hire a person or for discharging or taking disciplinary action against an employee. An employer who violates this section may be assessed a civil penalty of a maximum of five hundred dollars ($500).
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