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23-80-402. Definitions.
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23-80-402. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner;
(2) “Covered person” means a person on whose behalf a health benefit plan is obligated to pay benefits pursuant to the health benefit plan; and
(3) “Health benefit plan” means any individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, certificate, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered in this state, including indemnity plans, managed care plans, plans provided or arranged by fraternal benefit societies, plans provided or arranged by health maintenance organizations, health governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as in effect January 1, 2001, plans provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or plans provided through another benefit arrangement, to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect January 1, 2001, or by any waiver of or other exception to that act provided under federal law or regulation, as in effect January 1, 2001.
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23-80-402. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Commissioner” means the Insurance Commissioner;
(2) “Covered person” means a person on whose behalf a health benefit plan is obligated to pay benefits pursuant to the health benefit plan; and
(3) “Health benefit plan” means any individual, blanket, or group plan, policy, certificate, or contract for healthcare services issued or delivered in this state, including indemnity plans, managed care plans, plans provided or arranged by fraternal benefit societies, plans provided or arranged by health maintenance organizations, health governmental plans as defined in 29 U.S.C. § 1002(32), as in effect January 1, 2001, plans provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement, or plans provided through another benefit arrangement, to the extent permitted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as in effect January 1, 2001, or by any waiver of or other exception to that act provided under federal law or regulation, as in effect January 1, 2001.
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For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The terms “employee welfare benefit plan” and “welfare plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that such plan, fund, or program was established or is maintained for the purpose of providing for its participants or their beneficiaries, through the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) medical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or benefits in the event of sickness, accident, disability, death or unemployment, or vacation benefits, apprenticeship or other training programs, or day care centers, scholarship funds, or prepaid legal services, or (B) any benefit described in [section 186(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title29-section186/c&num=0&edition=prelim) (other than pensions on retirement or death, and insurance to provide such pensions).
(2)
(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the terms “employee pension benefit plan” and “pension plan” mean any plan, fund, or program which was heretofore or is hereafter established or maintained by an employer or by an employee organization, or by both, to the extent that by its express terms or as a result of surrounding circumstances such plan, fund, or program—
(i) provides retirement income to employees, or
(ii) results in a deferral of income by employees for periods extending to the termination of covered employment or beyond,
regardless of the method of calculating the contributions made to the plan, the method of calculating the benefits under the plan or the method of distributing benefits from the plan. A distribution from a plan, fund, or program shall not be treated as made
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TITLE 29—LABOR
§ 1002
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section effective Jan. 1, 1986, with certain exceptions,
see section 11019 of Pub. L. 99–272, set out as an Effec-
tive Date of 1986 Amendment note under section 1341 of
this title.
§ 1002. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter:
(1) The terms ‘‘employee welfare benefit plan’’
and ‘‘welfare plan’’ mean any plan, fund, or pro-
gram which was heretofore or is hereafter estab-
lished or maintained by an employer or by an
employee organization, or by both, to the extent
that such plan, fund, or program was established
or is maintained for the purpose of providing for
its participants or their beneficiaries, through
the purchase of insurance or otherwise, (A) med-
ical, surgical, or hospital care or benefits, or
benefits in the event of sickness, accident, dis-
ability, death or unemployment, or vacation
benefits, apprenticeship or other training pro-
grams, or day care centers, scholarship funds, or
prepaid legal services, or (B) any benefit de-
scribed in section 186(c) of this title (other than
pensions on retirement or death, and insurance
to provide such pensions).
(2)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B),
the terms ‘‘employee pension benefit plan’’ and
‘‘pension plan’’ mean any plan, fund, or program
which was heretofore or is hereafter established
or maintained by an employer or by an em-
ployee organization, or by both, to the extent
that by its express terms or as a result of sur-
rounding circumstances such plan, fund, or pro-
gram—
(i) provides retirement income to employees,
or
(ii) results in a deferral of income by em-
ployees for periods extending to the termi-
nation of covered employment or beyond,
regardless of the method of calculating
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