Oregon Code § 731.098·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Group
health insurance.
Group health insurance means that form of health insurance covering groups of
persons described in this section, with or without one or more members of their
families or one or more of their dependents, or covering one or more members of
the families or one or more dependents of such groups of persons, and issued
upon one of the following bases:
(1) Under a
policy issued to an employer or trustees of a fund established by an employer,
who shall be deemed the policyholder, insuring employees of such employer for
the benefit of persons other than the employer. As used in this subsection, employees
includes:
(a) The officers,
managers and employees of the employer;
(b) The
individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor
or partnership;
(c) The officers,
managers and employees of subsidiary or affiliated corporations;
(d) The
individual proprietors, partners and employees of individuals and firms, if the
business of the employer and such individual or firm is under common control
through stock ownership, contract or otherwise;
(e) The trustees
or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with
such trusteeship;
(f) The leased
workers of a client employer; and
(g) Elected or
appointed officials if a policy issued to insure employees of a public body
provides that the term employees includes elected or appointed officials.
(2) Under a
policy issued to an association, including a labor union, that has an active
existence for at least one year, that has a constitution and bylaws and that
has been organized and is maintained in good faith primarily for purposes other
than that of obtaining insurance, which shall be deemed the policyholder,
insuring members, employees or employees of members of the association for the
benefit of persons other than the association or its officers or trustees.
(3) Under a
policy issued to the trustees of a fund established by two or more employers in
the same or related industry or by one or more labor unions or by one or more
employers and one or more labor unions or by an association as described in
subsection (2) of this section, insuring employees of the employers or members
of the unions or of such association, or employees of members of such
association for the benefit of persons other than the employers or the unions
or such association. As used in this subsection, employees may include the
officers, managers and employees of the employer, and the individual proprietor
or partners if the employer is an individual proprietor or partnership. The
policy may provide that the term employees includes the trustees or their
employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with such
trusteeship.
(4) Under a
policy issued to any person or organization to which a policy of group life
insurance may be issued or delivered in this state, to insure any class or
classes of individuals that could be insured under such group life policy. [2013
c.681 §7]
Note:
See note under 731.097.
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Key Points
01Part of Oregon statutory law
02Referenced as Oregon Code § 731.098
03Subject to legislative amendments
04Consult a licensed attorney for application to specific cases
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