§371-16 - Employers and entities offering long-term care insurance policies. - Hawaii Statutes

     [§371-16]  Employers and entities offering long-term care insurance policies.  (a)  No later than July 1, 2000, every employer, labor organization, retiree organization, or other entity specified under the definition of "group long-term care insurance" under section 431:10H-104, may apply the guidelines set out in Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations, section 2510.3-1(j), as amended, if the employer chooses to offer group or group-type long-term care insurance as a benefit to employees in compliance with the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

     (b)  Beginning July 1, 2000, every insurer, if it chooses, shall be allowed by every employer, labor organization, retiree organization, or other entity specified under the definition of "group long-term care insurance", if they choose, to publicize one or more long-term care insurance policies that are made available under section 431:10H-401.

     (c)  This section shall not be construed to affect the marketing by insurers of individual long-term care insurance policies to an employer, labor organization, retiree organization, or other entity specified under the definition of "group long-term care insurance" under section 431:10H-104. [L 1999, c 93, §3]