§ 58-18B-1 Definition of terms
§ 58-18B-2 Chapter applicable to small employer benefit plans
§ 58-18B-3 Regulations on premium rates
§ 58-18B-3.1 Base rate increase to be filed with director–Approval or disapproval
§ 58-18B-6 Disclosure in solicitation and sales materials
§ 58-18B-7 Information and documentation required–Disclosure
§ 58-18B-8 Suspension of rate requirements
§ 58-18B-9 Application of chapter
§ 58-18B-11 Health maintenance organization considered separate carrier
§ 58-18B-12 Ceding arrangements resulting in less than fifty percent of obligation orrisk retained by carrier prohibited
§ 58-18B-13 Transition period when acquiring additional class of business
§ 58-18B-14 Rate changes only for small employer business
§ 58-18B-15 Provisions for premium rates
§ 58-18B-17 Limit on premium rates
§ 58-18B-18 Promulgation of rules for rating practices
§ 58-18B-20 Small employer carrier to issue plan to any small employer–Criteria–Exceptions–Two percent earned premium threshold
§ 58-18B-23 Uniform application of requirements used to determine eligibility ofemployers
§ 58-18B-24 Application of minimum participation and minimum employercontribution requirements
§ 58-18B-25 Considerations in applying minimum participation requirements–Premiumdiscounts
§ 58-18B-26 Increase in minimum requirements for employee participation or employercontribution prohibited after acceptance for coverage
§ 58-18B-27 Modification to exclude certain diseases prohibited
§ 58-18B-27.1 Exclusion of benefits for injury while under the influence of alcohol ordrugs prohibited–Exception for sickness or injury caused in commissionof felony
§ 58-18B-28 Requirements lifted from small employer carrier in financially impairedcondition
§ 58-18B-35 Director to promulgate rules regulating sale of multiple employer trustsand welfare arrangements–Scope of rules
§ 58-18B-36 Rules governing implementation and administration of this chapter
§ 58-18B-37 Marketing health benefit plans–Denial of coverage to employer
§ 58-18B-38 Prohibited activities of small employer carriers or insurance producers
§ 58-18B-39 Information regarding restricted network provision of carrier
§ 58-18B-40 Agent compensation based on characteristics of small employerprohibited–Commission on sale of health insurance plan throughexchange
§ 58-18B-41 Compensation of insurance producer based on percentage of premium
§ 58-18B-43 Status of insurance producer’s employment may not be affected by healthstatus, claims experience, occupation, or location of small employer placedwith carrier
§ 58-18B-44 Carrier or agent not to induce or encourage employer to exclude employeefrom coverage
§ 58-18B-45 Reasons for denial of coverage to be in writing
§ 58-18B-46 Rules for additional standards for fair marketing and broad availability ofbenefit plans to small employers–Penalties
§ 58-18B-47 Third-party administrator treated as small employer carrier
§ 58-18B-48 Chapter not applicable to certain group health insurance plans
§ 58-18B-49 Establishing risk adjusters
§ 58-18B-50 Minimum inpatient care coverage following delivery
§ 58-18B-51 Shorter hospital stay permitted–Follow-up visit within forty-eight hoursrequired
§ 58-18B-52 Notice to employees–Disclosures
§ 58-18B-53 Health insurance policies to provide coverage for biologically-basedmental illnesses
§ 58-18B-54 Application–Exemptions
§ 58-18B-55 Supplemental or short term individual health benefit plans exempt fromprovisions of chapter–Conditions
§ 58-18B-56 Policies to provide coverage for diabetes supplies, equipment andeducation–Exceptions–Conditions and limitations
§ 58-18B-57 Diabetes coverage not required of certain plans
§ 58-18B-58 Health benefit plans to provide coverage for prostate cancer screening
§ 58-18B-60 Coverage for treatment of hearing impairment for persons under agenineteen

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws > Title 58 > Chapter 18B - Regulation of Small Businesses' Group and Blanket Health Insurance

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: includes natural persons, partnerships, associations, cooperative corporations, limited liability companies, and corporations. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2
  • State: when used in context signifying a jurisdiction other than the State of South Dakota, a state, the District of Columbia, a territory, commonwealth, or possession of the United States of America, or a province of the Dominion of Canada. See South Dakota Codified Laws 58-1-2
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • written: include typewriting and typewritten, printing and printed, except in the case of signatures, and where the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See South Dakota Codified Laws 2-14-2