# 24-A M.R.S. § 2848-A: 24-A §2848-A. Applicability to certain self-insured employers

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ME_T24-A_C36_S2848-A

## Section

- **Citation:** 24-A M.R.S. § 2848-A
- **Heading:** 24-A §2848-A. Applicability to certain self-insured employers
- **Jurisdiction:** Maine
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** ME Code / Title 24-A / Chapter 36 / Section 2848-A

## Text

For purposes of this chapter, an uninsured employee health plan that covers employees working in this State, including the uninsured portion of a partially insured employee health plan, is considered a group medical insurance policy and the employer maintaining the plan is considered an insurer, if the plan is subject to state regulation by virtue of the governmental plan or nonelecting church plan exception to the federal definition of "employee benefit plan" in the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act, 29 United States Code, Section 1003(b). [PL 1997, c. 445, §23 (NEW); PL 1997, c. 445, §32 (AFF).]

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