{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3303.02","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 31-3303.02","heading":"Availability of health benefit plans to small employers.","body":"In order to ensure the broadest availability of health benefit plans to small employers, the Commissioner shall set market conduct and other requirements for health insurers, agents, and third-party administrators, including requirements relating to the following:\n\n(1)\nRegistration with the Commissioner by each group health insurer offering group health insurance coverage of its intention to offer health insurance coverage in the small group market under this subchapter;\n\n(2)\nPublication by the Commissioner of a list of all health insurers who offer coverage in the small group market, including a potential requirement applicable to agents, third-party administrators, and health insurers that no health benefit plan may be sold to a small employer by a health insurer not identified as a health insurer in the small group market;\n\n(3)\nThe availability of a broadly publicized telephone number for the Department of Insurance, Securities, and Banking for access by small employers to information concerning this subchapter; and\n\n(4)\nMethods concerning periodic demonstration by health insurers offering group health insurance coverage that they are marketing and issuing health benefit plans to small employers.","path":["Title 31. Insurance and Securities.","Chapter 33. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability.","Subchapter III. Group Insurance."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/31-3303.02","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"a42497abe4406d52a8a2f7387c7733786a882f72e283089418235a6397feae8b","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3303.01","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-31-3303.03"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}