(1) Except to determine the application of a preexisting conditions provision for a late enrollee, a carrier offering group health benefit plans shall not use health statements when offering such plans to a group of two or more prospective certificate holders and shall not use any other method to determine the actual or expected health status of eligible prospective enrollees. Nothing in this section shall prevent a carrier from using health statements or other information after enrollment for the purpose of providing services or arranging for the provision of services under a health benefit plan or from obtaining aggregate group information related to historical medical claims expenses and health behavior surveys for rating purposes.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section applies only to group health benefit plans that are not small employer health benefit plans. [1995 c.603 §15; 1997 c.716 §10]
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