§149.710. Definitions. — Inbound Citations

(a) A carrier must comply with requirements described in 26 CFR 54.9816-3, 54.9816-6A, 54.9816-6, 54.9816-8, 54.9816-9, 54.9817-2; 29 CFR 2590.716-3 through 2590.716-6, 2590.716-6A, 2590.716-8, 2590.717-1, 2590.717-2, 2590.722, 2590.725-1 through 2590.725-4; and 45 CFR 149.30, 149.100, 149.110 through 149.140, 149.310, 149.510 through 530, and 149.710 through 149.740 in the same manner as such provisions apply to a group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage, subject to 5 U.S.C. 8902(m)(1), and the provisions of the carrier's contract. For purposes of application of such sections, all carriers are deemed to offer health benefits in the large group market.

(a) A group health plan or a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage must submit, or arrange to be submitted, the information required in § 149.740(b) separately for each State in which group health coverage or group or individual health insurance coverage was provided in connection with the group health plan or by the health insurance issuer. The report must include the experience of all plans and policies in the State during the reference year covered by the report, and must include the experience separately for each market segment as defined in § 149.710.