No small employer carrier may, directly or indirectly, enter into any contract, agreement, or arrangement with an insurance producer that provides for or results in the compensation paid to an agent for the sale of a health benefit plan to be varied because of the health status, claims experience, industry, occupation, or geographic location of the small employer.

Any qualified health plan sold in South Dakota through a health care exchange, as mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, shall provide for placement through a licensed insurance producer upon enrollment. Any commission paid by a health insurance carrier for the sale of a health insurance plan through a health exchange shall be the same as commission paid by the same health insurance carrier outside the exchange for a similar plan.

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Source: SL 1995, ch 281, § 35; SL 2001, ch 286, § 125; SL 2013, ch 249, § 2.