{"data":{"id":"us-ak/as-21.54.140","jurisdiction":"us-ak","citation":"AS 21.54.140","heading":"Renewability of coverage for a multiple employer welfare arrangement.","body":"A health benefit plan that is a multiple employer welfare arrangement subject to this title may not deny an employer whose employees are covered under the plan continued access to the same or a different plan according to the terms of the plan, except\n(1) for nonpayment of contributions;\n(2) for fraud or other intentional misrepresentation of material fact by the employer;\n(3) for noncompliance with material plan provisions;\n(4) where the plan is ceasing to offer any coverage in a geographic area;\n(5) for a health benefit plan that offers benefits through a network plan if\n(A) there is no longer an individual enrolled through the employer who lives, resides, or works in the service area of the network plan; and\n(B) the multiple employer welfare arrangement applies this paragraph without regard to the claims experience of the employer or a health status factor in relation to an individual or an individual's dependent; and\n(6) for failure to meet the terms of an applicable collective bargaining agreement to renew a collective bargaining or other agreement requiring or authorizing contributions to the plan or to employ employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement.","path":["Title 21. Insurance.","Chapter 54. Health Insurance.","Article 2. Health Care Insurance Provisions, Requirements, and Restrictions."],"source_url":"https://www.akleg.gov/basis/statutes.asp#21.54.140","current_through":"Alaska Statutes 2025 (34th Legislature, 2025-2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:17:40Z","sha256":"642d3c0439bb03a6e82cffd0a1544d829574c6e44a150a807cb37617f64adf3c","source_id":"us-ak","stale":false,"prev":"us-ak/as-21.54.130","next":"us-ak/as-21.54.150"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}