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      Sec. 38a-478s. ERISA. Workers' compensation. Nonapplicability. (a) Nothing in sections 38a-478 to 38a-478o, inclusive, shall be construed to apply to the arrangements of managed care organizations offered to individuals covered under self-insured employee welfare benefit plans established pursuant to the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

      (b) The provisions of sections 38a-478 to 38a-478o, inclusive, shall not apply to any plan that provides for the financing or delivery of health care services solely for the purposes of workers' compensation benefits pursuant to chapter 568.

      (P.A. 97-99, S. 28, 30; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8, S. 64, 88; P.A. 99-284, S. 53, 60.)

      History: June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-8 amended Subsec. (a) by replacing the exemption for managed care organizations with an exemption for the arrangements of managed care organizations offered to individuals covered under self-insured plans, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 99-284 deleted obsolete reference to Sec. 38a-514a from Subsec. (b), effective January 1, 2000.