Sec. 21.56.110. Applicability.

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(a)A health care insurance plan offered, issued for delivery, delivered, or renewed to small employers in this state is subject to the provisions of this chapter, except as prohibited under federal law.

(b)[Repealed, § 115 ch 81 SLA 1997.]

(c)Except as provided in this subsection, for purposes of this chapter, insurers that are affiliated companies or that are eligible to file a consolidated tax return shall be treated as one insurer and a restriction or limitation imposed under this chapter shall apply as if all health care insurance plans delivered or issued for delivery to a small employer in this state by an affiliated insurer were issued by one insurer. An affiliated insurer that is a health maintenance organization having a certificate of authority under AS 21.86 may be considered to be a separate insurer for the purposes of this chapter.

(d)[Repealed, § 115 ch 81 SLA 1997.]

(e)The requirements of this chapter continue to apply with respect to coverage offered to a small employer until the plan anniversary following the date the employer no longer meets the definition of a “small employer” in AS 21.54.500 .