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This bill prohibits health care service plans and health insurers in California from discriminating against individuals based on race, color, national origin, age, disability, or sex, with "sex" being broadly defined to include sex characteristics like intersex traits, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, and sex stereotypes. This means that plans and insurers cannot exclude people from enrollment or benefits, deny them services, or subject them to discrimination based on these characteristics. Specifically, the bill prevents plans and insurers from denying or limiting health care services based on an individual's sex assigned at birth, gender identity, or gender otherwise recorded, including services related to gender transition or gender-affirming care. It also prohibits discriminatory marketing practices, benefit designs, and the imposition of additional costs or restrictions on coverage. The bill clarifies that these protections do not require coverage for services that are not clinically appropriate or for which there is a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for denial, and it ensures that existing rights and remedies under other laws are not superseded.

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