The Vermont Statutes Online
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Title 33 : Human Services
Chapter 018 : Public-Private Universal Health Care System
Subchapter 001 : Vermont Health Benefit Exchange
(Cite as: 33 V.S.A. § 1804)-
§ 1804. Qualified employers
(a)(1) Until January 1, 2016, a qualified employer shall be an entity that employed an average of not more than 50 employees on working days during the preceding calendar year, and the term “qualified employer” includes self-employed persons to the extent permitted under the Affordable Care Act. Calculation of the number of employees of a qualified employer shall not include a part-time employee who works fewer than 30 hours per week or a seasonal worker as defined in 26 U.S.C. § 4980H(c)(2)(B).
(2) An employer with 50 or fewer employees that offers a qualified health benefit plan to its employees through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange may continue to participate in the Exchange even if the employer’s size grows beyond 50 employees, as long as the employer continuously makes qualified health benefit plans in the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange available to its employees.
(b)(1) On and after January 1, 2016, a qualified employer shall be an entity that employed an average of not more than 100 employees on working days during the preceding calendar year, and the term “qualified employer” includes self-employed persons to the extent permitted under the Affordable Care Act. The number of employees shall be calculated using the method set forth in 26 U.S.C. § 4980H(c)(2).
(2) An employer with 100 or fewer employees that offers a qualified health benefit plan to its employees through the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange may continue to participate in the Exchange even if the employer’s size grows beyond 100 employees, as long as the employer continuously makes qualified health benefit plans in the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange available to its employees.
(c) [Repealed.] (Added 2011, No. 171 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; amended 2013, No. 79, § 28, eff. Oct. 1, 2013; 2015, No. 54, § 14, eff. June 5, 2015; 2015, No. 151 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
