North Carolina § 58-50A-65 - Multiple employer welfare arrangements; license required; penalty.
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§ 58-50A-65. Multiple employer welfare arrangements; license required; penalty.
It is unlawful to operate, maintain, or establish a MEWA unless the MEWA has a valid license issued by the Commissioner. Any MEWA operating in this State without a valid license is an unauthorized insurer. G.S. 58-50A-60 through G.S. 58-50A-95 do not apply to a MEWA that offers or provides benefits that are fully insured by an authorized insurer or to a MEWA that is exempt from state insurance regulation in accordance with the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, Public Law Number 43-406. History (1991, c. 611, s. 1; 2019-202, ss. 2(b), 8.) Editor's Note. - This section was formerly codified as G.S. 58-49-35 . It was recodified as G.S. 58-50A-65 by Session Laws 2019-202, s. 2(b), effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020. The historical citation and annotations from the former section have been added to this section as recodified. Session Laws 2019-202, s. 8, provides: "The Revisor of Statutes is hereby authorized to make any changes to the General Statutes made necessary by the recodification in Section 2 of this act, including changes to the following sections of the General Statutes: G.S. 58-2-161 , 58-3-122, 58-3-167, 58-3-169, 58-3-174, 58-3-176, 58-3-178, 58-3-190, 58-3-200, 58-3-215, 58-3-225, 58-3-227, 58-3-275, 58-28-35, 58-51-55, 58-65-90, 58-67-75, 58-68-25, and 90-21.50." In subsection (b), "G.S. 58-50A-60 through G.S. 58-50A-95" was substituted for "G.S. 58-49-30 through 58-49-65" at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2019-202, s. 9 is a severability clause. Session Laws 2019-202, s. 10 made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2019-202, s. 8, effective October 1, 2019, and applicable to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed on or after January 1, 2020.
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