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TITLE XXII
CHAPTER 176J
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PART I
ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT
(Chapters 1 through 182)
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TITLE XXII
CORPORATIONS
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CHAPTER 176J
SMALL GROUP HEALTH INSURANCE
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Section 1
Definitions
Section 2
Application of chapter
Section 3
Health benefit plan premiums for eligible small businesses
Section 4
Carriers to make health benefit plans available; renewal of plans
Section 5
Exclusion of eligible employees; preexisting conditions; waiting periods
Section 6
Approval of health insurance policies; eligibility criteria; submission of information; approval of changes to small group product base rates or rating factors
Section 7
Disclosure by carriers
Section 8
Small employer health reinsurance plan
Section 9
Continuous coverage
Section 10
Young adult health benefit plans; coverage requirements; premiums
Section 11
Offering of plan with reduced or selective network or providers or in which member cost sharing is based on provider tier placement
Section 11A
Continuing coverage for active course of treatment for serious disease begun prior to enrollment in reduced or selective network plan or tiered network plan
Section 12
Small business group purchasing cooperatives; regulations governing establishment, oversight and certification
Section 13
Filing of health benefit plan proposals for consideration upon request of group purchasing cooperative
Section 14
Coverage of medically necessary and covered services otherwise unavailable within carrier's provider network
Section 15
Display by insurer offering tiered network plan of cost-sharing differences for enrollees in various tiers in promotional and agreement material
Section 16
Attribution of members to a primary care provider
Section 17
Disclosure of patient-level data and contracted prices of individual health care services by carriers to providers
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