KRS § 336.246 Covered employees -- Retirement -- Welfare benefit plans -- Health benefit plans.

336.246 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.