A. Except as otherwise provided in this section and in Section 3 of this act, the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act shall apply to any group health benefit plan that provides coverage to two (2) or more eligible employees of a small employer in this state and to individual health benefits plans providing coverage for the eligible employees of a small employer which may include the employer when three (3) or more of such individual plans are sold to a small employer if any of the following conditions are met:
1. Any portion of the premium or benefits is paid by or on behalf of the small employer;
2. An eligible employee or dependent is reimbursed, whether through wage adjustments or otherwise, by or on behalf of the small employer for any portion of the premium; or
3. The health benefit plan is treated by the employer or any of the eligible employees or dependents as part of a plan or program for the purposes of Section 162 or Section 106 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
B. 1. Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this subsection, for the purposes of the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act, carriers that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a consolidated tax return shall be treated as one carrier and any restrictions or limitations imposed by the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act shall apply as if all health benefit plans issued to small employers in this state by such affiliated carriers were issued by one carrier, unless on or before July 1, 1992, the respective affiliate carriers operated with separate books of business as insurers of health benefit plans in which event each such affiliate carrier shall be treated as a separate carrier.
2. An affiliated carrier that is a health maintenance organization granted a certificate of authority by the Insurance Commissioner pursuant to the provisions of Sections 6901 through 6951 of Title 36 of the Oklahoma Statutes may be considered to be a separate carrier for the purposes of the Small Employer Health Insurance Reform Act.
Added by Laws 1992, c. 329, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 211, § 3, eff. July 1, 1994; Laws 1999, c. 360, § 1, eff. July 1, 1999; Laws 2000, c. 171, § 3, eff. July 1, 2000; Laws 2012, c. 151, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2012; Laws 2019, c. 265, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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