Senate Bill No. 130–Senator Coffin

 

February 13, 2003

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Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor

 

SUMMARY—Provides for use of form for employers to apply for health insurance under certain circumstances. (BDR 57‑232)

 

FISCAL NOTE:  Effect on Local Government: No.

                           Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to insurance; requiring the Commissioner of Insurance to prescribe a form for the use of employers when applying for health insurance under certain circumstances; requiring providers of insurance offering health insurance to accept a prescribed form from certain applicants; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1  Section. 1.  Chapter 687B of NRS is hereby amended by

1-2  adding thereto a new section to read as follows:

1-3  1.  The Commissioner shall prescribe by regulation a form to

1-4  be used by an employer applying for health insurance for his

1-5  employees.

1-6  2.  A provider of insurance who offers a policy of health

1-7  insurance:

1-8  (a) Shall accept the form prescribed by the Commissioner

1-9  pursuant to this section as an application for health insurance if

1-10  the form is submitted by an employer applying for health

1-11  insurance for his employees; and

1-12      (b) Shall not require an employer applying for health

1-13  insurance for his employees to submit any material other than the

1-14  form prescribed by the Commissioner pursuant to this section

2-1  when the employer is applying for health insurance for his

2-2  employees.

2-3  3.  As used in this section, “material” includes, without

2-4  limitation, any documents or information other than the

2-5  information contained in the form prescribed by the

2-6  Commissioner pursuant to this section.

2-7  Sec. 2.  This act becomes effective upon passage and approval

2-8  for the purpose of adopting any regulations necessary to carry out

2-9  the provisions of this act, and on October 1, 2003, for all other

2-10  purposes.

 

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