Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 48 Insurance - Chapter 48.125 Self-Funded Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

• 48.125.003 Short title
  This chapter may be cited as the "self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement regulation act."[2004 c 260 § 1.] ...
• 48.125.005 Purposes
  The purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Provide for the authorization and registration of self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements; (2) Regulate self-funded multiple employer ...
• 48.125.010 Definitions
  The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise. (1) "Bona fide association" means an association of employers that ...
• 48.125.020 Certificate of authority required
  (1) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, a person may not establish, operate, provide benefits, or maintain a self-funded multiple employer welfare ...
• 48.125.030 Certificate of authority -- Requirements for issuance
  The commissioner may not issue a certificate of authority to a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement unless the arrangement establishes to the satisfaction of the ...
• 48.125.040 Certificate of authority -- Continued compliance with certain conditions -- Commissioner's discretion
  (1) In addition to the requirements under RCW 48.125.030, self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements are subject to the following requirements: (a) Arrangements must maintain a ...
• 48.125.050 Certificate of authority -- Application -- Form -- Documentation
  A self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement must apply for a certificate of authority on a form prescribed by the commissioner and must submit the application, ...
• 48.125.060 Surplus required -- Amount -- Enforcement
  Self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements must maintain continuously a surplus equal to at least ten percent of the next twelve months projected incurred claims or ...
• 48.125.070 Contribution rates
  A self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement must establish and maintain contribution rates for participation under the arrangement that satisfy either of the following requirements: (1) ...
• 48.125.080 Certificate of authority -- Granting or denying application
  (1) The commissioner shall grant or deny an application for a certificate of authority within one hundred eighty days of the date that a completed ...
• 48.125.090 Reporting requirements
  (1) A self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement must comply with the reporting requirements of this section. (2) Every arrangement holding a certificate of authority from ...
• 48.125.100 Failure to comply with chapter -- Sanctions
  (1) The commissioner may impose sanctions against a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement that fails to comply with this chapter. The maximum fine may not ...
• 48.125.110 Certificate of authority -- Failure to obtain
  A self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement organized, operated, providing benefits, or maintained in this state without a certificate of authority is in violation of this ...
• 48.125.120 Policy must contain specific notice
  Each policy issued by a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement must contain, in ten-point type on the front page and the declaration page, the following ...
• 48.125.130 Additional compliance requirements
  A self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement is subject to RCW 48.43.300 through 48.43.370, the rehabilitation provisions under chapter 48.31 RCW, and chapter 48.99 RCW.[2004 c ...
• 48.125.140 Examination of operations -- Commissioner's powers -- Definition of affiliate
  (1) The commissioner may make an examination of the operations of any self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement as often as he or she deems necessary ...
• 48.125.150 Chapter not applicable
  This chapter does not apply to: (1) Single employer entities; (2) Taft-Hartley plans; or (3) Self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangements that do not provide coverage ...
• 48.125.160 Taxable amounts -- Participant contributions
  Participant contributions used to determine the taxable amounts in this state under RCW 48.14.0201 shall be determined in the same manner as premiums taxable in ...
• 48.125.200 Prostate cancer screening
  (1) Each self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement established, operated, providing benefits, or maintained in this state after December 31, 2006, that provides coverage for hospital ...
• 48.125.900 Severability -- 2004 c 260
  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...
• 48.125.901 Effective date -- 2004 c 260
  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public ...

Last modified: April 7, 2009