Connecticut General Statutes 38a-531 – Mandatory coverage for employees of certain employers. Approval of policy forms
(a) For purposes of this section: (1) “Employer” means any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership or association engaged in business who has employees in this state; (2) “employee” means any person engaged in service to an employer in a business of an employer; and (3) “continued” or “continuance date” means the anniversary date of the issuance of a policy after which the policy remains in effect until cancelled.
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 38a-531
- Commissioner: means the Insurance Commissioner. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Continuance: Putting off of a hearing ot trial until a later time.
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Insurance: means any agreement to pay a sum of money, provide services or any other thing of value on the happening of a particular event or contingency or to provide indemnity for loss in respect to a specified subject by specified perils in return for a consideration. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Person: means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a business trust, an unincorporated organization or other legal entity. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- Policy: means any document, including attached endorsements and riders, purporting to be an enforceable contract, which memorializes in writing some or all of the terms of an insurance contract. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
- State: means any state, district, or territory of the United States. See Connecticut General Statutes 38a-1
(b) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the general statutes, each group health insurance policy providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2) and (4) of § 38a-469 delivered, issued for delivery, renewed or continued in any other state offered by an employer, shall provide to covered employees of such employer employed in this state whenever, on the initial effective date of such policy or any renewal or continuance date thereafter, fifty-one per cent or more of the covered employees of such employer are employed in this state, coverage that meets the requirements of this title. The forms of such policies shall be submitted to the Insurance Commissioner for approval.