Terms Used In Iowa Code 513B.18

  • Commissioner: means the commissioner of insurance. See Iowa Code 513B.2
  • Health insurance coverage: means benefits consisting of health care provided directly, through insurance or reimbursement, or otherwise and including items and services paid for as health care under a hospital or health service policy or certificate, hospital or health service plan contract, or health maintenance organization contract offered by a carrier. See Iowa Code 513B.2
  • Rule: includes "regulation". See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Small employer: means a person actively engaged in business who, on at least fifty percent of the employer's working days during the preceding year, employed at least one and not more than fifty full-time equivalent eligible employees. See Iowa Code 513B.2
 The commissioner shall develop, by rule, a uniform application form for use by small employers applying for new health insurance coverage under group health plans offered by small employer carriers. Small employer carriers shall be required to use the uniform application form not less than six months after the rules developing the form become effective under chapter 17A.