<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:06:40:75 Definitions.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:06:40:75"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:06:40:75 Definitions."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 14 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>20:06:40:75.&nbsp;&nbsp;Definitions.</span></b></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>&nbsp;</span></font></b></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Employer contribution rule,&quot; a requirement relating to the minimum level or amount of employer contribution toward the premium for enrollment of participants and beneficiaries;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Group participation rule,&quot; a requirement relating to the minimum number of participants or beneficiaries that must be enrolled in relation to a specified percentage or number of eligible individuals or employees of an employer;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Health insurance issuer,&quot; any person that provides health insurance in this state including an insurance company, a prepaid hospital or similar plan, a health maintenance organization, a multiple employer welfare arrangement, and any other entity providing a plan of health insurance or health benefits subject to state insurance regulation. A health insurance issuer does not include a person providing only excepted benefits; and</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;Small employer,&quot; in connection with a group health plan with respect to a calendar year and a plan year, an employer who employed an average of at least one but not more than 50 employees on business days during the preceding calendar year and who employs at least one employee on the first day of the plan year.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Source:</span></b> 39 SDR 203, effective June 10, 2013.</span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>General Authority:</span></b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-36">58-18B-36(7)(8)(11)</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-46">58-18B-46.</A></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Law Implemented:</span></b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-36">58-18B-36</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-37">58-18B-37</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-46">58-18B-46.</A></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:-.7pt'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>&nbsp;</span></font></p> </div> </body> </html>