71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
signs - } is existing law to be omitted. New sections are within
 { +  braces and plus signs + } .
 
LC 2244
 
                         House Bill 2766
 
Sponsored by Representative VERGER (at the request of Mike
  Freeman)
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Includes leased workers of client employer for purposes of
group health insurance coverage.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
Relating to group health insurance; amending ORS 743.522.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
  SECTION 1. ORS 743.522 is amended to read:
  743.522. 'Group health insurance' means that form of health
insurance covering groups of persons as defined in this section,
with or without one or more members of their families or one or
more of their dependents, or covering one or more members of the
families or one or more dependents of such groups of persons, and
issued upon one of the following bases:
  (1) { + (a) + } Under a policy issued to an employer or
trustees of a fund established by an employer, who shall be
deemed the policyholder, insuring employees of such employer for
the benefit of persons other than the employer.   { - The term
'employees' as used in this subsection shall be deemed to
include - }   { + As used in this subsection, 'employee'
includes:
  (A) + } The officers, managers, and employees of the employer
 { - , - }  { + ;
  (B) + } The individual proprietor or partners if the employer
is an individual proprietor or partnership  { - , - }  { + ;
  (C) + } The officers, managers, and employees of subsidiary or
affiliated corporations  { - , - }  { + ;
  (D) + } The individual proprietors, partners and employees of
individuals and firms, if the business of the employer and such
individual or firm is under common control through stock
ownership, contract, or otherwise { + ; + }  { - . The term
'employees' as used in this subsection may include retired
employees. - }
   { +  (E) The trustees or their employees, or both, if their
duties are principally connected with such trusteeship; and
  (F) The leased workers of a client employer. + }
   { +  (b) + } A policy issued to insure employees of a public
body may provide that the term 'employees' shall include elected
or appointed officials.   { - The policy may provide that the
term ' employees' shall include the trustees or their employees,
 
or both, if their duties are principally connected with such
trusteeship. - }
  (2) Under a policy issued to an association, including a labor
union,   { - which - }   { + that + } has an active existence for
at least one year,   { - which - }   { + that + } has a
constitution and bylaws and   { - which - }   { + that + } has
been organized and is maintained in good faith primarily for
purposes other than that of obtaining insurance,   { - which
shall be deemed - }   { + and that is + } the policyholder,
insuring members, employees, or employees of members of the
association for the benefit of persons other than the association
or its officers or trustees.
  { - The term 'employees' as used in this subsection may include
retired employees. - }
  (3) Under a policy issued to the trustees of a fund established
by two or more employers in the same or related industry or by
one or more labor unions or by one or more employers and one or
more labor unions or by an association as defined in subsection
(2) of this section, insuring employees of the employers or
members of the unions or of such association, or employees of
members of such association for the benefit of persons other than
the employers or the unions or such association. The term
'employees' as used in this subsection may include the officers,
managers and employees of the employer, and the individual
proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual
proprietor or partnership.   { - The term 'employees' as used in
this subsection may include retired employees. - }  The policy
may provide that the term 'employees' shall include the trustees
or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally
connected with such trusteeship.
  (4) Under a policy issued to any person or organization to
which a policy of group life insurance may be issued or delivered
in this state, to insure any class or classes of individuals that
could be insured under such group life policy.
  (5) Under a policy issued to cover any other substantially
similar group which, in the discretion of the Director of the
Department of Consumer and Business Services, may be subject to
the issuance of a group health insurance policy.
   { +  (6) As used in this section:
  (a) 'Client employer' means an employer to whom workers are
provided under contract and for a fee on a leased basis by a
worker leasing company licensed under ORS 656.850.
  (b) 'Leased worker' means a worker provided by a worker leasing
company licensed under ORS 656.850 on other than a temporary
basis.
  (c) 'Employee' may include a retired employee. + }
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