(a)        Group health plans offered by a sponsoring association may only provide coverage to the following:

(1)        Eligible employees of the employer member as defined in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 58-51-80(c) and working owners pursuant to 29 C.F.R. § 2510.3-5.

(2)        The spouse or dependent children of any individual identified in subdivision (1) of subsection (a) of this section.

(b)        In order to obtain coverage for their employees under a group health plan offered by a sponsoring association, employer members must commit to remaining members of the sponsoring association and receiving and paying for benefits under the group health plan for at least one twelve-month policy period. ?(2019-202, s. 1.)

Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 58-50A-15

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
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