California Code, Insurance Code - INS § 10122

If a policy of group disability insurance issued or issued for delivery or amended in this state after the effective date of this section provides in any manner for coverage for an employee and one or more covered persons dependent upon such employee and provides for an extension of coverage for any period following a termination of employment of the employee, the policy shall provide that such extension of coverage shall apply to dependents upon the same terms and conditions precedent as applied to the covered employee, for the same period of time, subject to payment of premiums, if any, as required by the terms of the policy and subject to any applicable collective bargaining agreement.

All such group disability policies issued or issued for delivery or amended in this state after the effective date of this section shall be automatically construed to be in compliance with this section and need not be refiled or reprinted.