<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta charset="UTF-8" /><title></title><meta name="Generator" content="PowerTools for Open XML" /><style>span { white-space: pre-wrap; } p.sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal { text-align: justify; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 108%; margin-top: 0; margin-left: 0; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: .001pt; } span.sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000000 { font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001 { color: #0000FF; font-family: 'Times New Roman', 'serif'; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } span.sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766ab000002 { font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0; padding: 0; } </style></head><body><div><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000000">20:06:21:68.  Premium rate schedule increases -- Group insurance policies.</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont"> Subdivisions </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:06:21:65"><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">20:06:21:65</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">(2) and </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Rules?Rule=20:06:21:66"><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">20:06:21:66</span></a><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">(1) and (2) shall not apply to group insurance policies as defined in SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-2"><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-2</span></a><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">(4)(a) where:</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766ab000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    (1)  The policies insure 250 or more persons and the policyholder has 5,000 or more eligible employees of a single employer; or</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766ab000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    (2)  The policyholder, and not the certificateholders, pays a material portion of the premium, which shall not be less than twenty percent (20%) of the total premium for the group in the calendar year prior to the year a rate increase is filed.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766ab000002"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Source:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont"> 28 SDR 157, effective </span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">May 19, 2002; 30 SDR 39, effective </span><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">September 28, 2003.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000000">General Authority:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-4"><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-4</span></a><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">    </span><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000000">Law Implemented:</span><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont"> SDCL </span><a href="https://sdlegislature.gov/Statutes?Statute=58-17B-4"><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont-000001">58-17B-4</span></a><span class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abDefaultParagraphFont">.</span></p><p dir="ltr" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766abNormal"><span xml:space="preserve" class="sdfd42bb9-d869-4031-a94e-364a284766ab000002"> </span></p></div></body></html>