# Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-501: 33-22-501 Group disability insurance defined -- eligible groups > Montana · Statutes · In force URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-501 ## Section - **Citation:** Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-501 - **Heading:** 33-22-501 Group disability insurance defined -- eligible groups - **Jurisdiction:** Montana - **Kind:** Statutes - **Status:** In force - **Text as of:** August 14, 2026 - **Source:** Compiled text - **Location:** MT Code / Title 33 / Chapter 22 / Part 5 / Section 33-22-501 ## Text 33-22-501 . Group disability insurance defined -- eligible groups. Group disability insurance is that form of disability 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 the groups of persons and issued upon the following bases: (1) under a policy issued to an employer or trustees of a fund established by an employer, who must be considered the policyholder, insuring employees of the employer for the benefit of persons other than the employer. The term "employees" as used in this subsection includes the officers, managers, and employees of the employer, the individual proprietor or partner if the employer is an individual proprietor or partnership, the officers, managers, and employees of subsidiary or affiliated corporations, the individual proprietors, partners, and employees of individuals and firms, if the business of the employer and the 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. A policy issued to insure employees of a public body may provide that the term "employees" includes elected or appointed officials. The policy may provide that the term "employees" includes the trustees or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with the trusteeship. (2) under a policy issued to an association, including a labor union, that has been organized and is maintained in good faith for purposes other than that of obtaining insurance or of 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), in which the trustees are considered the policyholder, to insure employees of the employers or members of the unions or of the association or employees of members of the association for the benefit of persons other than the employers or the unions or the 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" includes the trustees or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with the 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 a group life policy; (5) under a policy issued to a voluntary purchasing pool or to the member employers of a voluntary purchasing pool that is formed solely for the purpose of obtaining insurance as provided in 33-22-1815 ; (6) under a policy issued to cover any other substantially similar group that, in the discretion of the commissioner, may be subject to the issuance of a group disability policy or contract. ## Nearby sections - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-501 33-22-501 Group disability insurance defined -- eligible groups](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-501.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-502 33-22-502 Required provisions of group policies](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-502.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-503 33-22-503 Continuation of benefits to dependents](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-503.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-504 33-22-504 Newborn infant coverage](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-504.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-505 33-22-505 Direct payment of hospital and medical services](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-505.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-506 33-22-506 Continuation of coverage for persons with disabilities -- group contracts](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-506.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-507 33-22-507 Continuing group coverage after reduction of work schedule](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-507.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-508 33-22-508 Conversion on termination of eligibility](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-508.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-509 33-22-509 Preexisting conditions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-509.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-510 33-22-510 Insured's family -- conversion entitlement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-510.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-511 33-22-511 Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-511.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-512 33-22-512 Coverage for well-child care](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-512.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-513 33-22-513 Limitation of eligibility on conversion](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-513.md) - [Mont. Code Ann. § 33-22-514 33-22-514 Preexisting conditions relating to group market](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-514.md) --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_MT_T33_C22_P5_S33-22-501. Check the current official text before relying on it. Not legal advice.