SECTION 1. Chapter 149 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following new section:-
Section 204. (a) A client and a registered PEO or PEO group shall each be deemed an employer under the laws of this Commonwealth for purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its Covered Employees.
(b) A fully-insured welfare benefit plan offered to the Covered Employees of a PEO or PEO group shall be treated for purposes of state law as a single employer welfare benefit plan.
(c) For purposes of Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 176J, a PEO or PEO group shall be considered the employer of Covered Employees and all such Covered Employees shall be included in the Full-Time Equivalents count for purposes of a fully-insured health insurance plan sponsored by a PEO or PEO group.
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