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IN Code § 27-8-15-13 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-13. "Rating Period"

Sec. 13. As used in this chapter, "rating period" means the calendar period for which premium rates established by a small employer insurer are assumed to be in effect, as determined by the small employer insurer.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-14. "Small Employer"

Sec. 14. (a) This subsection applies only with respect to grandfathered health plan coverage described in 45 CFR 147.140. As used in this chapter, "small employer" means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association actively engaged in business who, on at least fifty percent (50%) of the working days of the employer during the preceding calendar year, employed at least two (2) but not more than fifty (50) eligible employees, the majority of whom work in Indiana. In determining the number of eligible employees, companies that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a combined tax return for purposes of state taxation are considered one (1) employer.(b) This subsection applies only with respect to a health insurance plan that does not provide grandfathered health plan coverage described in 45 CFR 147.140. As used in this chapter, "small employer" means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association actively engaged in business who, on at least fifty percent (50%) of the working days of the employer during the preceding calendar year, employed at least one (1) but not more than fifty (50) employees. In determining the number of employees, companies that are treated as a single employer under Section 414(b), 414(c), 414(m), or 414(o) of the Internal Revenue Code are treated as one (1) employer.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.8-1993, SEC.432; P.L.93-1995, SEC.13; P.L.190-1996, SEC.4; P.L.91-1998, SEC.16; P.L.146-2015, SEC.34; P.L.72-2016, SEC.20; P.L.86-2018, SEC.208.
IN Code § 27-8-15-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-15. "Small Employer Insurer"

Sec. 15. As used in this chapter, "small employer insurer" means any insurer that offers a health insurance plan covering the employees of a small employer.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-16. Premium Rates

Sec. 16. Premium rates for a health insurance plan are subject to the following:(1) For all small employer business, the premium rates charged during a rating period to small employers with similar case characteristics for the same or similar benefit design characteristics, or the rates that could be charged to small employers under the rating system may not vary from the midpoint rate by more than thirty-five percent (35%) above or below the midpoint rate.(2) The percentage increase in the premium rate charged to a small employer for a new rating period may not exceed the sum of the following:(A) The percentage change in the new business premium rate for a plan with the same or similar benefit design characteristics measured from the first day of the prior rating period to the first day of the new rating period. For a plan for which the small employer insurer is not issuing new policies, the insurer shall use the percentage change in the base premium rate.(B) An adjustment, not to exceed fifteen percent (15%) annually and adjusted pro rata for rating periods of less than one (1) year, due to the claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage of the employees or dependents of the small employer.(C) Any adjustment due to change in benefit design characteristics or change in the case characteristics of the small employer.(3) For health insurance plans issued before July 1, 1992, a premium rate for a rating period may exceed the ranges described in subdivisions (1) and (2) for five (5) years following July 1, 1992. The percentage increase in the premium rate charged to a small employer in such a class of business for a new rating period may not exceed the sum of the following:(A) The percentage change in the new business premium rate measured from the first day of the prior rating period to the first day of the new rating period. For a plan for which the small employer insurer is not issuing new policies, the insurer shall use the percentage change in the base premium rate.(B) Any adjustment due to change in benefit design characteristics or change in the case characteristics of the small employer.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-17. Rating Factors

Sec. 17. (a) This chapter is not intended to affect the use by a small employer insurer of legitimate rating factors other than claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage in the determination of premium rates.(b) A small employer insurer shall apply rating factors, including case characteristics, consistently with respect to all small employers in a plan with substantially the same benefit design characteristics.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-18. Offer to Transfer

Sec. 18. A small employer insurer may not offer to transfer a small employer into or out of a plan with substantially the same benefit design unless the offer is made to transfer all small employers in that plan without regard to case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration since issue.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-19. Cancellation or Refusal of Renewal of Plans

Sec. 19. Except as provided in section 20 of this chapter, a small employer insurer may only cancel or refuse to renew a health insurance plan for the following reasons:(1) Nonpayment of required premiums.(2) Fraud or misrepresentation of the small employer, or with respect to coverage of an insured individual, fraud or misrepresentation by the insured individual or the individual's representative.(3) The small employer has failed to comply with a material plan provision relating to employer contribution or group participation rules.(4) In the case of a small employer insurer that offers coverage in a market through a network plan, there is no longer any insured individual in connection with the plan who lives, resides, or works:(A) in the service area of the small employer insurer; or(B) in the area for which the issuer is authorized to do business.(5) In the case of coverage that is made available through one (1) or more bona fide associations, the membership of the small employer in the association ceases, but only if the coverage is terminated under this subdivision uniformly without regard to any health status related factor relating to an insured individual.(6) In a case in which an insurer decides to discontinue offering a particular type of group health insurance coverage offered in the small employer market, that coverage may be discontinued by the insurer only if:(A) the insurer provides notice of the insurer's intent to discontinue the coverage to each small employer provided with the coverage;(B) the insurer offers the option to purchase all other health insurance coverage currently being offered by the insurer to the small employer to each small employer that is provided with the coverage; and(C) in exercising the option to discontinue the coverage in offering the option of coverage under clause (B), the insurer acts uniformly without regard to:(i) the claims experience of the small employer groups; or(ii) any health status related factor relating to any eligible employee or dependent of an eligible employee who is covered or who may become eligible for the coverage.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.93-1995, SEC.14; P.L.91-1998, SEC.17.
IN Code § 27-8-15-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-20. Renewal Cessation; Notice

Sec. 20. (a) A small employer insurer may cease to renew all small employer plans.(b) The insurer shall provide notice to all affected health insurance plans and to the commissioner at least one (1) year before termination of coverage unless the coverage is placed with another insurer.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-21. Renewal Cessation; Prohibitions

Sec. 21. (a) An insurer who ceases to renew all small employer plans may not do the following:(1) Accept any new small employer business for five (5) years after the notice of nonrenewal of the plans.(2) Transfer or otherwise provide coverage to any of the employers from the nonrenewed class of business unless the insurer offers to transfer or provide coverage to all affected employers and eligible employees and dependents without regard to case characteristics, claim experience, health status, or duration of coverage.(b) The commissioner may suspend the penalty under subsection (a)(1) upon a finding by the commissioner that the suspension would enhance the efficiency and fairness of the marketplace for small employer health insurance.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-22. Disclosure of Premium Rate Changes

Sec. 22. Each small employer insurer shall make reasonable disclosure in solicitation and sales materials provided to small employers of the provisions affecting premium rate changes.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-23. Maintenance of Rating and Renewal Practice Information and Documentation

Sec. 23. Each small employer insurer shall maintain for three (3) years at the insurer's principal place of business a complete and detailed description of the insurer's rating practices and renewal underwriting practices, including information and documentation that demonstrate that the insurer's rating methods and practices are based upon commonly accepted actuarial assumptions and are in accordance with sound actuarial principles.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-24. Maintenance of Actuarial Certification; Submission to Department

Sec. 24. (a) Each small employer insurer shall maintain an actuarial certification verifying that the insurer is in compliance with this chapter and that the rating methods of the insurer are actuarially sound. A copy of the certification shall be retained by the insurer at the insurer's principal place of business for three (3) years.(b) Before March 1 of each year, each small employer insurer shall submit to the department a copy of the actuarial certification maintained under subsection (a).As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.190-1996, SEC.5.
IN Code § 27-8-15-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-25. Availability of Information and Documentation to Commissioner; Disclosure by Commissioner

Sec. 25. A small employer insurer shall make the information and documentation described in section 23 of this chapter available to the commissioner upon request. The information is proprietary and trade secret information and is not subject to disclosure by the commissioner to a person outside of the department except as agreed to by the insurer or as ordered by a court with jurisdiction.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-26. Suspension of Premium Rate Provisions

Sec. 26. The commissioner may suspend all or any part of section 16 of this chapter as to the premium rates applicable to one (1) small employer for at least one (1) rating period upon a filing by the small employer insurer and a finding by the commissioner that either:(1) the suspension is reasonable in light of the financial condition of the insurer; or(2) the suspension would enhance the efficiency and fairness of the marketplace for small employer health insurance.As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1.
IN Code § 27-8-15-27 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-27. Application in Conformity With Act; Compliance

Sec. 27. (a) This section shall be applied in conformity with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), as in effect on September 23, 2010.(b) A health insurance plan provided by a small employer insurer to a small employer must comply with the following:(1) The benefits provided by a plan to an eligible employee enrolled in the plan may not be excluded, limited, or denied for more than nine (9) months after the effective date of the coverage because of a preexisting condition of the eligible employee, the eligible employee's spouse, or the eligible employee's dependent.(2) The plan may not define a preexisting condition, rider, or endorsement more restrictively than as a condition for which medical advice, diagnosis, care, or treatment was recommended or received during the six (6) months immediately preceding the effective date of enrollment in the plan.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.15. Amended by P.L.91-1998, SEC.18; P.L.160-2011, SEC.20.
IN Code § 27-8-15-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-28. Waiver of Exclusion and Limitation Period

Sec. 28. (a) As used in this section, "health insurance plan" means coverage provided under any of the following:(1) A hospital or medical expense incurred policy or certificate.(2) A hospital or medical service plan contract.(3) A health maintenance organization subscriber contract.(4) Medicare or Medicaid.(5) An employer based health insurance arrangement.(6) An individual health insurance policy.(7) A policy issued by the Indiana comprehensive health insurance association under IC 27-8-10.(8) An employee welfare benefit plan (as defined in 29 U.S.C. 1002) that is self-funded.(9) A conversion policy issued under section 31 or 31.1 of this chapter.(b) Except as provided in section 29 of this chapter, a small employer insurer shall waive the exclusion period described in section 27 of this chapter applicable to a preexisting condition or the limitation period with respect to a particular service in a health insurance plan for the time an eligible employee or a dependent of an eligible employee was previously covered by a health insurance plan if the following conditions are met:(1) The eligible employee or a dependent of the eligible employee was previously covered by a health insurance plan that provided benefits with respect to the particular service.(2) Coverage under the health insurance plan was continuous to a date not more than sixty-three (63) days before the effective date of enrollment by:(A) the eligible employee; or(B) a dependent of the eligible employee.(c) In determining whether an eligible employee or a dependent of the eligible employee meets the requirements of subsection (b)(2), a waiting period imposed by a small employer insurer or small employer before new coverage may become effective must be excluded from the calculation.(d) This section does not preclude the application of any waiting period applicable to all new enrollees under a plan.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.190-1996, SEC.6; P.L.91-1998, SEC.19.
IN Code § 27-8-15-29 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-29. Application in Conformity With Act; Exclusion of Coverage

Sec. 29. (a) This section shall be applied in conformity with the requirements of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152), as in effect on September 23, 2010.(b) A plan may exclude coverage for a late enrollee or the late enrollee's covered spouse or dependent for not more than fifteen (15) months.(c) If a late enrollee or the late enrollee's covered spouse or dependent has a preexisting condition, a plan may exclude coverage for the preexisting condition for not more than fifteen (15) months.(d) If a period of exclusion from coverage under subsection (b) and a preexisting condition exclusion under subsection (c) are applicable to the late enrollee, the combined period of exclusion may not exceed fifteen (15) months from the date that the eligible employee enrolls for coverage under the health insurance plan.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.17. Amended by P.L.160-2011, SEC.21.
IN Code § 27-8-15-30 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-30. Plan Modifications Prohibited

Sec. 30. Except as permitted under sections 27 and 29 of this chapter, a small employer insurer shall not modify a health insurance plan with respect to:(1) a small employer; or(2) an eligible employee or dependent;through riders, endorsements, or otherwise to restrict or exclude coverage or benefits for specific diseases, medical conditions, or services otherwise covered by the plan.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.18.
IN Code § 27-8-15-31 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-31. Conversion Policy

Sec. 31. (a) If an eligible employee who has been continuously covered under a health insurance plan for at least ninety (90) days:(1) loses coverage under the plan as the result of:(A) termination of employment;(B) reduction of hours;(C) marriage dissolution; or(D) attainment of any age specified in the plan;(2) is not eligible for continuation coverage under the federal Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985; and(3) requests a conversion policy from the small employer insurer that insured the health insurance plan;the individual is entitled to receive a conversion policy from the small employer insurer.(b) A request under subsection (a) must be made within thirty (30) days after the individual loses coverage under the health insurance plan.(c) The premium for a conversion policy issued under this section shall not exceed one hundred fifty percent (150%) of the rate that would have been charged under the small employer health insurance plan with respect to the individual if the individual had been covered as an eligible employee under the plan during the same period. If the health insurance plan under which the individual was covered is canceled or is not renewed, the rates shall be based on the rate that would have been charged with respect to the individual if the plan had continued in force, as determined by the small employer insurer in accordance with standard actuarial principles.(d) A conversion policy issued under this section must be approved by the insurance commissioner as described in IC 27-8-5-1. The commissioner may not approve a conversion policy unless the policy and its benefits are:(1) comparable to those required under IC 27-13-1-4(a)(2) through IC 27-13-1-4(a)(5);(2) reasonable in relation to the premium charged; and(3) in compliance with IC 27-8-6-1.If the benefit limits of the conversion policy are not more than the benefit limits of the small employer's health insurance plan, the small employer insurer shall credit the individual with any waiting period, deductible, or coinsurance credited to the individual under the small employer's health insurance plan.(e) This section expires on the effective date of a mechanism enacted by the general assembly to offset the potential fiscal impact on small employers and small employer insurers that results from the establishment of a continuation policy under section 31.1 of this chapter.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.11-2011, SEC.35.
IN Code § 27-8-15-32 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-32. Employees Becoming Eligible After Employer's Commencement of Health Insurance Plan Entitled to Coverage

Sec. 32. (a) If an individual:(1) becomes an eligible employee of a small employer after the date that a small employer insurer first insures an eligible employee of the small employer under a health insurance plan; and(2) is not a late enrollee;the individual and all dependents of the individual are entitled to coverage under section 33 of this chapter, subject to the provisions of sections 27 and 28 of this chapter.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.21.
IN Code § 27-8-15-33 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-33. Mandatory Coverage by Employer Insurer to All Employer's Eligible Employees and Employees' Dependents; Employees Declining Coverage; Minimum Participation and Contribution Requirements

Sec. 33. (a) If a small employer insurer offers coverage under a health insurance plan to a small employer, the small employer insurer shall provide the employer coverage under the plan for:(1) all eligible employees of the small employer; and(2) the dependents of all eligible employees of the small employer.(b) Except as provided in section 29 of this chapter with respect to late enrollees, a small employer insurer shall not limit the insurer's provision of coverage to:(1) certain individuals in a small employer group; or(2) a part of a small employer group.(c) This section does not prohibit an eligible employee from declining coverage under this section.(d) Nothing in this chapter prohibits a small employer insurer from including minimum participation and contribution requirements in its offer of coverage.As added by P.L.93-1995, SEC.22.
IN Code § 27-8-15-34.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 27. Insurance|Article 8. Life, Accident, and Health|Chapter 15. Small Employer Group Health Insurance|27-8-15-34.1. All Products Required to Be Offered; All Employers Required to Be Accepted

Sec. 34.1. Except as provided in 29 U.S.C. 1191a and 42 U.S.C. 300gg, a small employer insurer must:(1) offer to any small employer all products that are approved for sale in the small group market and that the insurer is actively marketing; and(2) accept any employer that applies for any of those products.As added by P.L.91-1998, SEC.20.