New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 11 - INSURANCE › Chapter 21 - SMALL EMPLOYER HEALTH BENEFITS PROGRAM › Subchapter 11 - NONSTANDARD HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS FILINGS WITH THE COMMISSIONER: REQUIREMENTS FOR MAINTAINING NONSTANDARD PLANS › Section 11:21-11.2 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
Words and terms, when used in this subchapter, shall have the meanings as set forth at 17B:27A-17 and 11:21-1.2, unless defined below or the context indicates otherwise.
"Benefits coverage" means the services and supplies covered by a health benefits plan and certain general provisions, definitions and covered charges with special limitations (as specified in the Checklist and Certification set forth in Part 5 of Exhibit BB of the Appendix to N.J.A.C. 11:21, incorporated herein as part of this subchapter) governing the health benefits plan.
"Closed nonstandard health benefits plan" means a health benefits plan issued prior to January 1, 1994 that was in effect on February 28, 1994 and was reinstated, renewed or continued at the option of the small employer(s) pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17B:27A-19j, but under which contracts or certificates have not been issued or offered on or after January 1, 1994 to a small employer group that was not covered under the health benefits plan prior to January 1, 1994, and which the carrier has certified shall not be offered or issued to any small employer that was not covered under the health benefits plan on December 31, 1993.
The term "closed nonstandard health benefits plan" also means a health benefits plan issued prior to January 1, 1994 that was in effect on February 28, 1994 and reinstated, renewed or continued at the option of a small employer pursuant to N.J.S.A. 17B:27A-19j under which contracts or certificates have been issued subsequent to January 1, 1994 to small employers who were not covered under the health benefits plan prior to January 1, 1994, but under which no such small employers remain covered as of the effective date of this subchapter and which the carrier has certified shall not be offered or issued to any small employer that was not covered under the health benefits plan on December 31, 1993.
"Market," when used as a verb, means to offer or advertise as available a nonstandard health benefits plan for initial purchase by small employers or to a small employer who formerly purchased the nonstandard health benefits plan but who is not currently covered under the nonstandard health benefits plan. The term does not include continuation or renewal of a contract, policy or certificate under a nonstandard health benefits plan by a carrier for a small employer currently covered under the nonstandard health benefits plan.
"Nonstandard health benefits plan" means a health benefits plan policy or contract form under which policies or contracts were issued on or before December 31, 1993 to small employers or to one or more employees of a small employer by virtue of the employment arrangement, or a policy or contract form under which policies or contracts were issued on or before December 31, 1993 to an association, out-of-State trust or multiple employer arrangement and offered to small employers or to one or more employees of a small employer.
"Open nonstandard health benefits plan" means a nonstandard health benefits plan which has been issued or offered to a small employer group that was not covered under the health benefits plan on or before December 31, 1993, or which would otherwise meet the requirements for a closed nonstandard health benefits plan except that the carrier has not certified that the nonstandard health benefits plan shall not be offered for issue to any small employer that was not covered under the health benefits plan on December 31, 1993.