Statute 689c 109

For the purposes of this chapter: 1. Any plan, fund or program which would not be, but for section 2721(e) of the Public Health Service Act, as amended by Public Law 104-191, as that section existed on July 16, 1997, an employee welfare benefit plan and which is established or maintained by a partnership to the extent that the plan, fund or program provides medical care to current or former partners in a partnership, or to their dependents, as defined under the terms of the plan, fund or program, directly, or through insurance, reimbursement or otherwise, must be treated, subject to the provisions of subsection 2, as an employee welfare benefit plan that is a group health plan. 2. In the case of a group health plan, a partnership shall be deemed to be the employer of each partner. (Added to NRS by 1997, 2919)