Code of Massachusetts Regulations
211 CMR - DIVISION OF INSURANCE
Title 211 CMR 66.00 - Small Group Health Insurance
Section 66.09 - Eligibility Criteria: Exclusion/Limitation of Mandated Benefits in Health Benefit Plans
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, Carriers may offer, as permitted under M.G.L. c. 176J, § 6, to Eligible Small Businesses Health Benefit Plans that exclude some or all Mandated Benefits, provided, however, that Carriers offer such Health Benefit Plans only to Eligible Small Businesses which did not provide health insurance to their employees as of April 1, 1992 and that such Health Benefit Plans shall not exclude or limit Mandated Benefits for more than a five-year period. An Eligible Small Business must have existed in 1992 in order to be subject to 211 CMR 66.09(1).
(2) Notwithstanding 211 CMR 66.09(1), all Health Benefit Plans offered to Eligible Small Businesses must include the following: