(a) Coverage for essential health benefits package. —

A health insurer that offers health insurance coverage in the small group market shall ensure that such coverage includes the essential health benefits package in conformity with § 1302 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [42 U.S.C. § 18022], as the law and its implementing regulations were in effect on January 1, 2018, and state law. The Commissioner shall issue a regulation setting forth what constitutes “essential health benefits” for purposes of this section.

(b) Cost-sharing under group health plans. —

A group health plan shall ensure that any annual cost-sharing imposed under the plan does not exceed the limitations provided for under § 1302(c)(1) and (2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [42 U.S.C. § 18022(c)(1) and (2)], as the law and its implementing regulations were in effect on January 1, 2018, and state law.

(c) Child-only plans. —

If a health insurer offers health insurance coverage in any level of coverage specified under § 1302(d) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [42 U.S.C. § 18022(d)], as the law and its implementing regulations were in effect on January 1, 2018, or state law, the health insurer shall also offer such coverage in that level as a plan in which the only enrollees are individuals who, as of the beginning of the plan year, are under the age of 21.

(d) Dental only. —

This section shall not apply to a plan described in § 1311(d)(2)(B)(ii) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [42 U.S.C. § 18031(d)(2)(B)(ii)], as the law and its implementing regulations were in effect on January 1, 2018.

79 Del. Laws, c. 99, § ?8; 81 Del. Laws, c. 79, § 30; 82 Del. Laws, c. 186, § 7;

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Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 18 Sec. 3571M

  • State: means the State of Delaware; and when applied to different parts of the United States, it includes the District of Columbia and the several territories and possessions of the United States. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
  • Year: means a calendar year, and is equivalent to the words "year of our Lord. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302