Indiana Code
Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance
27-8-15-27. Application in Conformity With Act; Compliance

Sec. 27. (a) This section shall be applied in conformity with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), as in effect on September 23, 2010.
(b) A health insurance plan provided by a small employer insurer to a small employer must comply with the following:
(1) The benefits provided by a plan to an eligible employee enrolled in the plan may not be excluded, limited, or denied for more than nine (9) months after the effective date of the coverage because of a preexisting condition of the eligible employee, the eligible employee's spouse, or the eligible employee's dependent.
(2) The plan may not define a preexisting condition, rider, or endorsement more restrictively than as a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during the six (6) months immediately preceding the effective date of enrollment in the plan.
As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.91-1998, SEC.18; P.L.160-2011, SEC.20.

Structure Indiana Code

Indiana Code

Title 27. Insurance

Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health

Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance

27-8-15-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

27-8-15-1. Application of Chapter

27-8-15-2. Repealed

27-8-15-3. "Actuarial Certification"

27-8-15-4. "Base Premium Rate"

27-8-15-5. "Benefit Design Characteristics"

27-8-15-6. "Case Characteristics"

27-8-15-7. "Commissioner"

27-8-15-8. "Department"

27-8-15-8.5. "Eligible Employee"

27-8-15-9. "Health Insurance Plan"

27-8-15-10. "Insurer"

27-8-15-10.5. "Late Enrollee"

27-8-15-11. "Midpoint Rate"

27-8-15-12. "New Business Premium Rate"

27-8-15-13. "Rating Period"

27-8-15-14. "Small Employer"

27-8-15-15. "Small Employer Insurer"

27-8-15-16. Premium Rates

27-8-15-17. Rating Factors

27-8-15-18. Offer to Transfer

27-8-15-19. Cancellation or Refusal of Renewal of Plans

27-8-15-20. Renewal Cessation; Notice

27-8-15-21. Renewal Cessation; Prohibitions

27-8-15-22. Disclosure of Premium Rate Changes

27-8-15-23. Maintenance of Rating and Renewal Practice Information and Documentation

27-8-15-24. Maintenance of Actuarial Certification; Submission to Department

27-8-15-25. Availability of Information and Documentation to Commissioner; Disclosure by Commissioner

27-8-15-26. Suspension of Premium Rate Provisions

27-8-15-27. Application in Conformity With Act; Compliance

27-8-15-28. Waiver of Exclusion and Limitation Period

27-8-15-29. Application in Conformity With Act; Exclusion of Coverage

27-8-15-30. Plan Modifications Prohibited

27-8-15-31. Conversion Policy

27-8-15-31.1. Continuing Coverage

27-8-15-32. Employees Becoming Eligible After Employer's Commencement of Health Insurance Plan Entitled to Coverage

27-8-15-33. Mandatory Coverage by Employer Insurer to All Employer's Eligible Employees and Employees' Dependents; Employees Declining Coverage; Minimum Participation and Contribution Requirements

27-8-15-34. Repealed

27-8-15-34.1. All Products Required to Be Offered; All Employers Required to Be Accepted