Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2848-A – Applicability to certain self-insured employers
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Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2848-A
- Governmental plan: has the meaning given under Section 3(32) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or any federal governmental employee plan. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2848
- Group: means any of the types of groups under sections 2804 to 2808. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 24-A Sec. 2848
- United States: includes territories and the District of Columbia. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 1 Sec. 72
For purposes of this chapter, an uninsured employee health plan that covers employees working in this State, including the uninsured portion of a partially insured employee health plan, is considered a group medical insurance policy and the employer maintaining the plan is considered an insurer, if the plan is subject to state regulation by virtue of the governmental plan or nonelecting church plan exception to the federal definition of “employee benefit plan” in the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 United States Code § 1003(b). [PL 1997, c. 445, §23 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 445, §32 (AFF).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 1997, c. 445, §23 (NEW). PL 1997, c. 445, §32 (AFF).