{"data":{"id":"us-ia/iowa-code-514c.6","jurisdiction":"us-ia","citation":"Iowa Code § 514C.6","heading":"Uniformity of treatment — employee welfare benefit plans.","body":"1. A statutory provision to mandate a health care coverage or service, or to mandate the offering of a health care coverage or service, applies to all state-regulated third-party payors and to employee welfare benefit plans described in 29 U.S.C. §1001 et seq. However, if an employee welfare benefit plan subject to federal regulation is not subject to a substantially similar requirement, the statutory provision does not apply to a state-regulated third-party payor until the employee welfare benefit plans are subject to a substantially similar standard under federal regulations as determined by the commissioner.\n2. For purposes of this section unless the context otherwise requires, a third-party payor means:\na. An accident and sickness insurer, subject to chapter 509 or 514A.\nb. A nonprofit health service corporation, subject to chapter 514.\nc. A health maintenance organization, subject to chapter 514B.\nd. Any other entity engaged in the business of insurance, risk transfer, or risk retention, which is subject to the jurisdiction of the commissioner.","path":["Title XIII - COMMERCE (Ch. 505 - 554I)","Chapter 514C - SPECIAL HEALTH AND ACCIDENT INSURANCE COVERAGES"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.iowa.gov/docs/code/2026/514C.6.pdf","current_through":"Iowa Code 2026 edition","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:40:13Z","sha256":"ba487a311c7558e9893aa6af62301ddafc4a972333ab15d5f19050cc67187429","source_id":"us-ia","stale":false,"prev":"us-ia/iowa-code-514c.5","next":"us-ia/iowa-code-514c.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}