NOTE: The governor signed this measure on 6/5/2015.
      
      
      SENATE BILL 15-262
      
      
      BY SENATOR(S) Neville T., Scheffel;
      also REPRESENTATIVE(S) Williams, Neville P., Saine.
      
      
      Concerning updates to the statutes regulating blanket sickness
           and accident insurance.
       
      
      Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Colorado:
      
           SECTION 1.  In Colorado Revised Statutes, 10-16-215, amend (1);
      and add (4) as follows:
      
           10-16-215.  Blanket sickness and accident insurance. (1)  Blanket
      sickness and accident insurance is declared to be that form of sickness and
      accident insurance covering special groups of not less than ten persons as
      enumerated in one of the following under a policy or contract issued:
      
           (a)  Under a policy or contract issued To any common carrier, which
      shall be deemed the policyholder, covering a group defined as all persons
      who may become are passengers on such the common carrier;
      
           (b)   Under a policy or contract issued To an employer, who shall be
      deemed the policyholder, covering all workers or any group of
      employees workers, dependents, or guests defined by reference to
      exceptional hazards incident to such employment activities or
      operations of the policyholder;
      
           (c)  Under a policy or contract issued To a college, school, or other
      institution of learning or to the head or principal thereof of the college,
      school, or other institution of learning, who  shall be deemed the
      policyholder, covering students or teachers;
      
           (d)  Under a policy or contract issued In the name of any volunteer
      fire department, first aid, civil defense, or other such similar volunteer
      group, which shall be deemed the policyholder, covering all of the
      members of such department or group defined by reference to
      activities or operations of the policyholder;
      
           (e)  To a sports team or camp or to a sponsor of a sports
      team or camp, which team, camp, or sponsor shall be deemed the
      policyholder, covering members, campers, employees, officials,
      supervisors, or volunteers;
      
           (f)  To any religious, charitable, recreational, educational,
      or civic organization, or branch of any religious, charitable,
      recreational, educational, or civic organization, which
      organization shall be deemed the policyholder, covering all
      members or participants defined by reference to activities or
      operations of the policyholder;
      
           (g)  To a restaurant, hotel, motel, resort, or innkeeper,
      which shall be deemed the policyholder, covering a group defined
      as all persons who are patrons or guests of the policyholder;
      
           (e) (h)  Under a policy or contract issued To any other substantially
      similar group which, in the discretion of the commissioner, may be subject
      to the issuance of a blanket sickness and accident policy or contract.
      
           (4)  Nothing in this section relieves an employer from any
      requirement to obtain coverage under the "Workers'
      Compensation Act of Colorado", articles 40 to 47 of title 8, C.R.S.
      No policy issued under this section may qualify as or substitute
      for a health benefit plan under federal law. Nothing in this
      section affects the legal liability of policyholders for the death
      of or injury to any member of the group. No policy issued under
      this section may qualify as or substitute for general liability
      insurance.
      
           SECTION 2.  Act subject to petition - effective date. This act
      takes effect at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the expiration of the
      ninety-day period after final adjournment of the general assembly
      (August 5, 2015, if adjournment sine die is on May 6, 2015); except that,
      if a referendum petition is filed pursuant to section 1 (3) of article V of the
      state constitution against this act or an item, section, or part of this act
      within such period, then the act, item, section, or part will not take effect
      unless approved by the people at the general election to be held in
      November 2016 and, in such case, will take effect on the date of the official
      declaration of the vote thereon by the governor.
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Bill L. Cadman                Dickey Lee Hullinghorst
      PRESIDENT OF                     SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
      
      
      ____________________________  ____________________________
      Cindi L. Markwell                      Marilyn Eddins
      SECRETARY OF                 CHIEF CLERK OF THE HOUSE
      THE SENATE                         OF REPRESENTATIVES
      
      
      
      
                  APPROVED________________________________________
      
      
      
      
      
                                    _________________________________________
                                    John W. Hickenlooper
                                    GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF COLORADO