{"data":{"id":"us-mt/33-22-1802","jurisdiction":"us-mt","citation":"33-22-1802","heading":"Purpose.","body":"(1) This part must be interpreted and construed to effectuate the following express legislative purposes:\n(a) to promote the availability of health insurance coverage to small employers regardless of health status or claims experience;\n(b) to prevent abusive rating practices;\n(c) to require disclosure of rating practices to purchasers;\n(d) to establish rules regarding renewability of coverage;\n(e) to establish limitations on the use of preexisting condition exclusions;\n(f) to provide for the development of basic and standard health benefit plans to be offered to all small employers;\n(g) to provide for the establishment of a reinsurance program; and\n(h) to improve the overall fairness and efficiency of the small employer health insurance market.\n(2) This part is not intended to provide a comprehensive solution to the problem of affordability of health care or health insurance.","path":["TITLE 33. INSURANCE AND INSURANCE COMPANIES","CHAPTER 22. DISABILITY INSURANCE","Part 18. Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act"],"source_url":"https://mca.legmt.gov/bills/mca/title_0330/chapter_0220/part_0180/section_0020/0330-0220-0180-0020.html","current_through":"Montana Code Annotated 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T04:52:48Z","sha256":"9a85765ec27da40c21bb325c41ae059cb9eb6eff553d930fdfe10e88eb2e5469","source_id":"us-mt","stale":false,"prev":"us-mt/33-22-1801","next":"us-mt/33-22-1803"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}