1994 US Code
Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
CHAPTER 6 - THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU
SUBCHAPTER XX - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN GROUP HEALTH PLANS FOR CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES
Sec. 300bb-8 - Definitions
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 6 - THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU SUBCHAPTER XX - REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN GROUP HEALTH PLANS FOR CERTAIN STATE AND LOCAL EMPLOYEES Sec. 300bb-8 - Definitions |
Contains | section 300bb-8 |
Date | 1994 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 4, 1995 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXII, §2208, as added Apr. 7, 1986, Pub. L. 99-272, title X, §10003(a), 100 Stat. 236; amended Nov. 10, 1988, Pub. L. 100-647, title III, §3011(b)(7), 102 Stat. 3625; Dec. 19, 1989, Pub. L. 101-239, title VI, §6801(c)(1), 103 Stat. 2297. |
Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 236 102 Stat. 3625 103 Stat. 2297, 2233 |
Public Law References | Public Law 99-272, Public Law 100-647, Public Law 101-239 |
§300bb–8. Definitions
For purposes of this subchapter—
(1) Group health planThe term “group health plan” has the meaning given such term in section 162(i)(2) 1 of title 26.
(2) Covered employeeThe term “covered employee” means an individual who is (or was) provided coverage under a group health plan by virtue of the performance of services by the individual for 1 or more persons maintaining the plan (including as an employee defined in section 401(c)(1) of title 26).
(3) Qualified beneficiary (A) In generalThe term “qualified beneficiary” means, with respect to a covered employee under a group health plan, any other individual who, on the day before the qualifying event for that employee, is a beneficiary under the plan—
(i) as the spouse of the covered employee, or
(ii) as the dependent child of the employee.
(B) Special rule for terminations and reduced employmentIn the case of a qualifying event described in section 300bb–3(2) of this title, the term “qualified beneficiary” includes the covered employee.
(4) Plan administratorThe term “plan administrator” has the meaning given the term “administrator” by section 1002(16)(A) of title 29.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXII, §2208, as added Apr. 7, 1986, Pub. L. 99–272, title X, §10003(a), 100 Stat. 236; amended Nov. 10, 1988, Pub. L. 100–647, title III, §3011(b)(7), 102 Stat. 3625; Dec. 19, 1989, Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, §6801(c)(1), 103 Stat. 2297.)
References in TextSection 162(i)(2) of title 26, referred to in par. (1), was repealed by Pub. L. 101–239, title VI, §6202(b)(3)(A), Dec. 19, 1989, 103 Stat. 2233. For definition of “group health plan”, see section 5000 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code.
Amendments1989—Par. (2). Pub. L. 101–239 substituted “the performance of services by the individual for 1 or more persons maintaining the plan (including as an employee defined in section 401(c)(1) of title 26)” for “the individual's employment or previous employment with an employer”.
1988—Par. (1). Pub. L. 100–647 substituted “section 162(i)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “section 162(i)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “section 162(i)(2) of title 26”.
Effective Date of 1989 AmendmentSection 6801(c)(2) of Pub. L. 101–239 provided that: “The amendment made by paragraph (1) [amending this section] shall apply to plan years beginning after December 31, 1989.”
Effective Date of 1988 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 100–647 applicable to taxable years beginning after Dec. 31, 1988, but not applicable to any plan for any plan year to which section 162(k) of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code (as in effect on the day before Nov. 10, 1988), did not apply by reason of section 10001(e)(2) of Pub. L. 99–272, see section 3011(d) of Pub. L. 100–647, set out as a note under section 162 of Title 26.
Section Referred to in Other SectionsThis section is referred to in section 300bb–5 of this title.
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