Sec. 21.56.110. - Applicability. - Alaska Statutes

(a) A health care insurance plan offered, issued for delivery, delivered, or renewed to small employers in this state is subject to the provisions of this chapter.

(b) [Repealed, Sec. 115 ch 81 SLA 1997].

(c) Except as provided in this subsection, for purposes of this chapter, insurers that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a consolidated tax return shall be treated as one insurer and a restriction or limitation imposed under this chapter shall apply as if all health care insurance plans delivered or issued for delivery to a small employer in this state by an affiliated insurer were issued by one insurer. An affiliated insurer that is a health maintenance organization having a certificate of authority under AS 21.86 may be considered to be a separate insurer for the purposes of this chapter.

(d) [Repealed, Sec. 115 ch 81 SLA 1997].

(e) The requirements of this chapter continue to apply with respect to coverage offered to a small employer until the plan anniversary following the date the employer no longer meets the definition of a "small employer" in AS 21.54.500 .