Covered employees -- Retirement -- Welfare benefit plans -- Health benefit plans
KRS 336.246
in effect336.246. Covered employees -- Retirement -- Welfare benefit plans -- Health benefit plans
(1) A client and a registered professional employer organization shall each be deemed an employer under the laws of this Commonwealth for purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its covered employees.
(2) A fully insured welfare benefit plan offered to the covered employees of a professional employer organization shall be treated for the purposes of state law as a single employer welfare benefit plan.
(3) For purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefit plans for its covered employees, a professional employer organization shall be considered the employer of all of its covered employees, and all covered employees of one (1) or more clients participating in a health benefit plan sponsored by a professional employer organization shall be considered employees of that professional employer organization.
Effective: July 14, 2022
History: Created 2022 Ky. Acts ch. 50, sec. 9, effective July 14, 2022.
Source: Kentucky Legislative Research Commission (legislature.ky.gov)URL: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=52603Fetched: 10/20/2026