RCW 48.21.047
Requirements for plans offered to small employers—Definitions.
(1) An insurer may not offer any health benefit plan to any small employer without complying with RCW 48.21.045(3).
(2) Employers purchasing health plans provided through associations or through member-governed groups formed specifically for the purpose of purchasing health care are not small employers and the plans are not subject to RCW 48.21.045(3).
(3) For purposes of this section, "health benefit plan," "health plan," and "small employer" mean the same as defined in RCW 48.43.005.
(4) For purposes of this section, "census date" has the same meaning as defined in RCW 48.44.010.
[ 2010 c 292 § 8; 2005 c 223 § 11; 1995 c 265 § 22.]
NOTES:
Application—2010 c 292: See note following RCW 48.43.005.
Captions not law—Effective dates—Savings—Severability—1995 c 265: See notes following RCW 70.47.015.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 48.21 - Group and Blanket Disability Insurance.
48.21.010 - "Group disability insurance" defined—Issuance.
48.21.015 - "Group stop loss insurance" defined for the purpose of exemption—Scope of application.
48.21.020 - "Employees," "employer" defined.
48.21.030 - Health care groups.
48.21.040 - "Blanket disability insurance" defined.
48.21.047 - Requirements for plans offered to small employers—Definitions.
48.21.050 - Standard provisions required.
48.21.060 - The contract—Representations.
48.21.070 - Payment of premiums.
48.21.080 - Certificates of coverage.
48.21.100 - Examination and autopsy.
48.21.110 - Payment of benefits.
48.21.120 - Readjustment of premiums—Dividends.
48.21.125 - When injury caused by intoxication or use of narcotics.
48.21.130 - Podiatric medicine and surgery.
48.21.141 - Registered nurses or advanced registered nurses.
48.21.143 - Diabetes coverage—Definitions.
48.21.144 - Psychological services.
48.21.147 - Dental services that are not subject to contract or provider agreement.
48.21.148 - Denturist services.
48.21.150 - Dependent child coverage—Continuation for incapacity.
48.21.157 - Option to cover dependents under age twenty-six.
48.21.160 - Chemical dependency benefits—Legislative declaration.
48.21.180 - Chemical dependency benefits—Contracts issued or renewed after January 1, 1988.
48.21.195 - "Chemical dependency" defined.
48.21.197 - Chemical dependency benefits—Rules.
48.21.223 - Prescribed, self-administered anticancer medication.
48.21.225 - Mammograms—Insurance coverage.
48.21.227 - Prostate cancer screening.
48.21.230 - Reconstructive breast surgery.
48.21.235 - Mastectomy, lumpectomy.
48.21.241 - Mental health services—Group health plans—Definition—Coverage required, when.
48.21.242 - Mental health treatment—Waiver of preauthorization for persons involuntarily committed.
48.21.250 - Continuation option to be offered.
48.21.260 - Conversion policy to be offered—Exceptions, conditions.
48.21.270 - Conversion policy—Restrictions and requirements—Rules.
48.21.280 - Coverage for adopted children.
48.21.290 - Cancellation of rider.
48.21.310 - Neurodevelopmental therapies—Employer-sponsored group contracts.
48.21.320 - Temporomandibular joint disorders—Insurance coverage.
48.21.330 - Nonresident pharmacies.
48.21.370 - Fixed payment insurance—Standard disclosure form.
48.21.375 - Fixed payment insurance—Benefit restrictions.
48.21.380 - Noninsurance benefits.
48.21.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.