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- Base premium: means the lowest premium charged for a rating period under a rating system by a small employer carrier to small employers for a health benefit plan in a geographic area. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
- Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. Source: OCC
- Carrier: means a person that provides health benefits, coverage, or insurance in this state. See Michigan Laws 500.3701
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Creditable coverage: means , with respect to an individual, health benefits, coverage, or insurance provided under any of the following:
(i) A group health plan. See Michigan Laws 500.3701Director: means , unless the context clearly implies a different meaning, the director of the department. See Michigan Laws 500.102 Eligible employee: means an employee who works on a full-time basis with a normal workweek of 30 or more hours. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Enrollee: means an individual who is entitled to receive health services under a health insurance contract, unless the context requires otherwise. See Michigan Laws 500.116 Ex officio: Literally, by virtue of one's office. Full-time employees: means the term as calculated in 26 USC 4890h(c)(4), including application of the special rules for determining group size as defined in 26 USC 4980h(c)(2) and the specification that full-time equivalents are treated as full-time employees for purposes of determining group size, as described in 26 USC 4980h(c)(2)(e). See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Geographic area: means an area in this state that includes not less than 1 entire county, is established by a carrier under section 3705, and is used for adjusting premiums for a health benefit plan subject to this chapter. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Group health plan: means an employee welfare benefit plan as defined in section 3(1) of subtitle A of title I of the employee retirement income security act of 1974, Public Law 93-406, 29 USC 1002, to the extent that the plan provides medical care, including items and services paid for as medical care to employees or their dependents as defined under the terms of the plan directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Health maintenance organization: means that term as defined in section 3501. See Michigan Laws 500.106 Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses. person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, as well as to individuals. See Michigan Laws 8.3l plan: means an expense-incurred hospital, medical, or surgical policy or certificate, or health maintenance organization contract. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Premium: means all money paid by a small employer, eligible employees, or eligible persons as a condition of receiving coverage from a small employer carrier, including any fees or other contributions associated with the health benefit plan. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Public health plan: means a plan established or maintained by a state, county, or other political subdivision of a state that provides health insurance coverage to individuals enrolled in the plan. See Michigan Laws 500.3701 Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide. Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business. 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 Rating system: means every classification, rating plan, merit rating plan, rating values, and manual, containing the rules used by an insurer in the determination of premiums. See Michigan Laws 500.2402 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 Small employer carrier: means a carrier that offers health benefit plans covering the employees of a small employer. 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 United States: shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o Waiting period: means , with respect to a health benefit plan and an individual who is a potential enrollee in the plan, the period that must pass with respect to the individual before the individual is eligible to be covered for benefits under the terms of the plan. See Michigan Laws 500.3701