Benefits under this article or Article 4 (commencing with Section 15881) shall be subject to required subscriber copayments and deductibles as the department may authorize. Any authorized copayments shall not exceed 25 percent and any authorized deductible shall not exceed an annual household deductible amount of five hundred dollars ($500). However, health plans not utilizing a deductible may be authorized to charge an office visit copayment of up to twenty-five dollars ($25). If the department contracts with participating health plans pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 15881), copayments or deductibles shall be authorized in a manner consistent with the basic method of operation of the participating health plans. The aggregate amount of deductible and copayments payable
annually under this section shall not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for an individual and four thousand dollars ($4,000) for a family.
