California Code, Government Code - GOV § 100506.3

(a) The board shall enter into a contract with the State Department of Social Services to serve as the Exchange appeals entity designated to hear appeals of eligibility or enrollment determination or redetermination for persons in the individual market, or exemption determinations within the Exchange's jurisdiction. To the extent applicable, the provisions of this title, Subpart F of Part 155 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and Article 7 of Chapter 12 of Title 10 of the California Code of Regulations shall govern the Exchange hearing process. If those provisions are not applicable, the Medi-Cal hearing process established in Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 10950) of Part 2 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code shall govern the Exchange hearing process.

(b) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it does not conflict with federal law.