Title 27, INSURANCE

Sec. 14. "Professional employer services" means the services that are provided to a client by a professional employer organization under a professional employer agreement. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 15. "Temporary help service" means a service consisting of a person that: (1) recruits and hires the person's own employees, not including an officer, a manager, or a controlling person of a client to which the person's own employee is assigned by the person; (2) identifies …

Sec. 16. "Working capital" means the difference between a person's: (1) current assets; and (2) current liabilities; determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. As added by P.L.11-2011, SEC.40.

Sec. 2. (a) "Administrative fee" means the fee charged to a client by a professional employer organization for professional employer services. (b) The term does not include any amount charged to a client by a professional employer organization for wages and salaries, benefits, wo…

Sec. 3. "Client" means a person that enters into a professional employer agreement with a professional employer organization. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 4. "Co-employed" means that an individual is contemporaneously employed by both a client and a professional employer organization. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 5. "Co-employer" refers to a client or a professional employer organization that has entered into a professional employer agreement and has a relationship with a co-employed individual. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 6. "Co-employment relationship" means a relationship: (1) between a: (A) client and a professional employer organization; or (B) co-employer and a covered employee; and (2) that results from the client and the professional employer organization entering into a professional e…

Sec. 7. "Commissioner" refers to the insurance commissioner appointed under IC 27-1-1-2. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 8. (a) "Covered employee" means an individual who is co-employed. (b) The term includes an individual who is an officer, a director, a shareholder, a partner, or a manager of a client to the extent the professional employer organization and the client expressly agree that th…

Sec. 9. "Department" refers to the department of insurance created by IC 27-1-1-1. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.

Sec. 1. A discount medical card program organization may not transact business in Indiana unless the discount medical card program organization is: (1) authorized to transact business in Indiana; and (2) registered under this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2006, SEC.3.

Sec. 2. (a) An application for registration to operate as a discount medical card program organization must be filed with the department on a form prescribed by the department. (b) An application filed under subsection (a) must be: (1) sworn to by an officer or authorized represe…

Sec. 3. (a) The fee for issuance of a registration under this chapter is five hundred dollars ($500). (b) A registration issued or renewed under this chapter expires annually on the last day of the month of issuance or renewal. (c) The fee for renewal of a registration under this…

Sec. 4. This article does not require a provider that provides discounted prices for medical services to the provider's patients to be registered under this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2006, SEC.3.

Sec. 5. A provider or a business entity owned by at least one (1) provider that contracts with employers or health plans to provide medical services is not required to register under this chapter. As added by P.L.73-2006, SEC.3.

Sec. 1. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this article. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 10. (a) "Health plan" means a policy or contract that provides health insurance coverage. (b) The term includes a group health plan. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 11. "Medicaid" refers to the federal Medicaid program (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 12. (a) Subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), "navigator" means an individual who: (1) is described in Section 1311(i) of PPACA (42 U.S.C. 18031(i)); (2) assists other individuals with application for and enrollment in a health benefit exchange or public health insurance…

Sec. 13. "Person" means an individual or an entity. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 14. "PPACA" refers to the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148), as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-152). As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 15. (a) "Public health insurance program" refers to health coverage provided under a state or federal government program. (b) The term includes the following: (1) Medicaid (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.). (2) The healthy Indiana plan established by IC 12-15-44.5-3. (3) The children…

Sec. 16. "Qualified health plan" means a health plan that has been certified under Section 1301 of PPACA (42 U.S.C. 18021(a)) to meet the criteria for availability through a health benefit exchange operated in Indiana. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 17. "Secretary" refers to the secretary of family and social services appointed under IC 12-8-1.5-2. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 2. "Administrator" refers to the administrator of the office of Medicaid policy and planning appointed under IC 12-8-6.5-2. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 3. (a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), "application organization" means an entity that: (1) is a navigator described in Section 1311(i) of PPACA (42 U.S.C. 18031(i)); (2) assists individuals with application for and enrollment in a health benefit exchange or public healt…

Sec. 4. "CHIP office" refers to the office of the children's health insurance program established by IC 12-17.6-2-1. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 5. "Commissioner" refers to the insurance commissioner appointed under IC 27-1-1-2. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 6. "Department" refers to the department of insurance created by IC 27-1-1-1. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 7. "Group health plan" means a group health plan (as defined in Section 2791 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91)) that provides health insurance coverage. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 8. "Health benefit exchange" means an American health benefit exchange operating in Indiana under PPACA. As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 9. "Health insurance coverage" has the meaning set forth in Section 2791 of the federal Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91). As added by P.L.278-2013, SEC.27.

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to section 8 of this chapter by P.L.137-2006 and P.L.162-2006 apply only to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2005. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.431.

Sec. 1. This chapter applies to a farm mutual insurance company regulated under this article. As added by P.L.129-2003, SEC.8.

Sec. 10. (a) A farm mutual insurance company shall hold an annual meeting of the policyholders of the farm mutual insurance company on the date, time, and location set forth in the articles of incorporation of the farm mutual insurance company. If the articles of incorporation do…

Sec. 11. (a) A farm mutual insurance company shall elect a board of directors consisting of at least five (5) policyholders. (b) To be elected to the board of directors of a farm mutual insurance company, an individual must be the owner of an insurance policy issued by the farm m…

Sec. 12. (a) Unless a farm mutual insurance company's articles of incorporation specify otherwise, a director of a farm mutual insurance company must be elected at the farm mutual insurance company's annual policyholder meeting by the affirmative vote of a majority of: (1) the po…

Sec. 13. (a) Unless a farm mutual insurance company's articles of incorporation specify otherwise, the articles of incorporation of a farm mutual insurance company may be amended by an affirmative vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the farm mutual insurance company's policyholders who a…

Sec. 14. (a) Bylaws of a farm mutual insurance company may be amended by the farm mutual insurance company in accordance with the farm mutual insurance company's articles of incorporation. All amendments to the bylaws must be filed with the commissioner. (b) Bylaws of a farm mutu…

Sec. 15. The commissioner may charge a farm mutual insurance company a reasonable fee, as provided in IC 27-1-3-15, for a filing under this article. As added by P.L.129-2003, SEC.8.

Sec. 16. (a) A farm mutual insurance company may not deliver or issue for delivery an insurance policy or an endorsement or a rider to an insurance policy until a copy of the form and the rates charged for the insurance policy are filed with the commissioner. (b) A farm mutual in…

Sec. 17. (a) The commissioner may examine the affairs of a farm mutual insurance company under IC 27-1-3.1. (b) The commissioner may take an action that may protect a policyholder's interest if the commissioner determines that a farm mutual insurance company conducts business in …

Sec. 18. (a) If the commissioner determines from: (1) a statement filed by a farm mutual insurance company; (2) an examination under section 17 of this chapter; or (3) other information obtained by the commissioner; that a farm mutual insurance company is conducting business in a…

Sec. 19. (a) A person, including a person described in subsection (b), that has a risk that is insurable under this article in a territory in which a farm mutual insurance company operates may apply for insurance coverage with the farm mutual insurance company. If the farm mutual…

Sec. 2. (a) A farm mutual insurance company that holds a certificate of authority to do business in Indiana on June 30, 2003, is a standard company under this article unless the farm mutual insurance company: (1) elects to become an extended company under IC 27-5.1-4; and (2) is …