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1999 SESSION
HB 2463 Health insurance; small employer market provisions.
Introduced by: William P. Robinson, Jr. | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED:
Health insurance; small employer market provisions. Allows health insurance issuers, who are registered as a health insurance issuer in the small group market and have offered small employer group insurance to the employer as required by law, to offer individual health insurance coverage to small employers that differ from the small employer market provisions, so long as the employer does not (i) permit payroll deductions for covered employees and (ii) pay any portion of the premium charged for such coverage. Under current law, the small employer market provisions are applicable to any health insurance issuer who (i) permits payroll deductions for covered employees or (ii) pays any portion of the premiums charged for such coverage. This bill is identical to SB 1217.
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Health insurance; small employer market provisions. Allows health insurance issuers, who are registered as a health insurance issuer in the small group market and have offered small employer group insurance to the employer as required by law to offer individual health insurance coverage to small employers that differ from the small employer market provisions, so long as the employer does not (i) permit payroll deductions for covered employees and (ii) pay any portion of the premium charged for such coverage. Under current law, the small employer market provisions are applicable to any health insurance issuer who (i) permits payroll deductions for covered employees and (ii) pays any portion of the premiums charged for such coverage.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Health insurance; small employer market provisions. Makes the insurance title’s “small employer market provisions,” applicable to issuers of individual health insurance coverage to small employers where (i) employers permit payroll deductions for covered employees, and (ii) any portion of the premiums charged for such coverage are paid by the employers. Under current law, the small market provisions are applicable to any issuer of coverage to small employers who meet either of these two specified conditions.