Except for specified childhood immunizations of children from birth to six years of age, a statute requiring coverage of a health care service or benefit or requiring the reimbursement, utilization, or inclusion of a specific category of licensed health care practitioner shall not apply to a basic health benefit plan delivered or issued for delivery to small employers in this state pursuant to the Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 44-5264

  • Basic health benefit plan: shall mean a lower cost health benefit plan regulated by the Department of Insurance. See Nebraska Statutes 44-5230
  • Small employer: shall mean any person, political subdivision, firm, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, or association that is actively engaged in business that, on at least fifty percent of its working days during the preceding calendar quarter, employed at least two and no more than fifty eligible employees, the majority of whom were employed within this state. See Nebraska Statutes 44-5253
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.