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OHIO STATUTES AND CODES
1739.05 Minimum enrollment.
1739.05 Minimum enrollment.
(A) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that is created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code and that operates a group self-insurance program may be established only if any of the following applies:
(1) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of three hundred employees of two or more employers.
(2) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of three hundred self-employed individuals.
(3) The arrangement has and maintains a minimum enrollment of three hundred employees or self-employed individuals in any combination of divisions (A)(1) and (2) of this section.
(B) A multiple employer welfare arrangement that is created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code and that operates a group self-insurance program shall comply with all laws applicable to self-funded programs in this state, including sections 3901.04, 3901.041, 3901.19 to 3901.26, 3901.38, 3901.381 to 3901.3814, 3901.40, 3901.45, 3901.46, 3902.01 to 3902.14, 3923.24, 3923.282, 3923.30, 3923.301, 3923.38, 3923.581, 3923.63, 3923.80, 3924.031, 3924.032, and 3924.27 of the Revised Code.
(C) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall solicit enrollments only through agents or solicitors licensed pursuant to Chapter 3905. of the Revised Code to sell or solicit sickness and accident insurance.
(D) A multiple employer welfare arrangement created pursuant to sections 1739.01 to 1739.22 of the Revised Code shall provide benefits only to individuals who are members, employees of members, or the dependents of members or employees, or are eligible for continuation of coverage under section 1751.53 or 3923.38 of the Revised Code or under Title X of the “Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985,” 100 Stat. 227, 29 U.S.C.A. 1161, as amended.
Amended by 128th General Assembly File No. 9, HB 1, § 101.01, eff. 1/1/2010.
Effective Date: 07-24-2002; 03-30-2007; 2008 SB186 08-05-2008