Indiana Code 27-8-15-9. “Health insurance plan”
(1) hospital or medical expense incurred policy or certificate;
Terms Used In Indiana Code 27-8-15-9
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- plan: means any:
Indiana Code 27-8-15-9
- 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. See Indiana Code 27-8-15-14
(3) health maintenance organization subscriber contract;
provided to the employees of a small employer.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) Accident-only, credit, dental, vision, Medicare supplement, long term care, or disability income insurance.
(2) Coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance.
(3) Worker’s compensation or similar insurance.
(4) Automobile medical payment insurance.
(5) A specified disease policy.
(6) A short term insurance plan that:
(A) may be renewed for the greater of:
(i) thirty-six (36) months; or
(ii) the maximum period permitted under federal law;
(B) has a term of not more than three hundred sixty-four (364) days; and
(C) has an annual limit of at least two million dollars ($2,000,000).
(7) A policy that provides indemnity benefits not based on any expense incurred requirement, including a plan that provides coverage for:
(A) hospital confinement, critical illness, or intensive care; or
(B) gaps for deductibles or copayments.
(8) A supplemental plan that always pays in addition to other coverage.
(9) A student health plan.
(10) An employer sponsored health benefit plan that is:
(A) provided to individuals who are eligible for Medicare; and
(B) not marketed as, or held out to be, a Medicare supplement policy.
As added by P.L.127-1992, SEC.1. Amended by P.L.93-1995, SEC.11; P.L.11-2011, SEC.34; P.L.288-2019, SEC.17.