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Ins. Code, § 742.26 · Article 4.7. Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements

Ins. Code, § 742.26

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Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)

The multiple employer welfare arrangement shall issue to each covered employee a certificate evidencing coverage and a summary plan description of benefits and coverages provided. This evidence of the benefits and coverage provided shall contain the following statement: “The benefits and coverages described herein are provided through a trust fund established and funded by the ____ Plan, sponsored by the ____ Association. The trust is a self-funded plan established under ERISA (29 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). This is not an insurance contract and the plan and trust is not acting as, or deemed to be an insurance company.”

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1082, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.

Source of truth

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As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file
https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=INS&sectionNum=742.26.
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