CA Insurance penalty exemption

[hno3]

Hi,

My spouse plan to live abroad for the whole 2024 year and I plan not to enroll her insurance and save the premium, I will still live in CA myself. But I heard CA may have insurance penalty exemption that if someone lives aboard, however, my spouse and I will do married jointly filing for both federal and CA state, is there any concern or requirement? Will we still have tax bucket rate for married jointly filing? 

Thanks!

[Bsch4477]

You can still file jointly and, yes, she will be exempted from the health insurance premium penalty.