Terms Used In Michigan Laws 500.3723

  • plan: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy or certificate, or health maintenance organization contract. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
  • Rating period: means the calendar period for which premiums established by a small employer carrier are assumed to be in effect, as determined by the small employer carrier. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
  • Small employer: means any person actively engaged in business that, on at least 50% of its working days during the preceding and current calendar years, employed not fewer than 2 and not more than 50 eligible employees. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
  This chapter applies to a health benefit plan for a small employer that is delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, or continued in this state after January 22, 2004. For purposes of this section, the date a health benefit plan is continued is the first rating period that begins after January 22, 2004.