A health benefit plan that is a multiple employer welfare arrangement subject to this title may not deny an employer whose employees are covered under the plan continued access to the same or a different plan according to the terms of the plan, except
(1) for nonpayment of contributions;
(2) for fraud or other intentional misrepresentation of material fact by the employer;
(3) for noncompliance with material plan provisions;
(4) where the plan is ceasing to offer any coverage in a geographic area;
(5) for a health benefit plan that offers benefits through a network plan if
(A) there is no longer an individual enrolled through the employer who lives, resides, or works in the service area of the network plan; and
(B) the multiple employer welfare arrangement applies this paragraph without regard to the claims experience of the employer or a health status factor in relation to an individual or an individual's dependent; and
(6) for failure to meet the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement to renew a collective bargaining or other agreement requiring or authorizing contributions to the plan or to employ employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.
Structure Alaska Statutes
Article 2. Health Care Insurance Provisions, Requirements, and Restrictions.
Sec. 21.54.100. Unfair discrimination.
Sec. 21.54.110. Preexisting condition exclusion.
Sec. 21.54.120. Creditable coverage.
Sec. 21.54.130. Renewability, termination, and modification of coverage.
Sec. 21.54.140. Renewability of coverage for a multiple employer welfare arrangement.
Sec. 21.54.151. Mental health or substance use disorder benefits.