(

a) On and after January 1, 2005, a health insurer issuing individual policies of health insurance that ceases to offer individual coverage in this state shall offer coverage to the policyholders who had been covered by those policies at the time of withdrawal under the same terms and conditions as provided in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), paragraphs (2) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (b), subdivisions (

c) to (e), inclusive, and subdivision (

h) of

Section 12682.1. (

b) The department may adopt regulations to implement this section. (

c) This

section shall not apply when a plan participating in Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Access for Infants and Mothers, or any other contract between the plan and a government entity no longer contracts with the government entity to provide health coverage in the state, or a specified area of the state, nor shall this

section apply when a plan ceases entirely to market, offer, and issue any and all forms of coverage in any part of this state after the effective date of this section. (d)

(1) This

section shall be inoperative on January 1, 2014.

(2) If

Section 5000A of the Internal Revenue Code, as added by

Section of PPACA, is repealed or amended to no longer apply to the individual market, as defined in

Section of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300gg-91), this

section shall become operative on the date of that repeal or amendment.

(3) For purposes of this subdivision, “PPACA” means the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (Public Law 111-152), and any rules, regulations, or guidance issued pursuant to that law.