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Panel backs bill to let Maryland small employers access large-group health plans through PEOs
Summary
House Health and Government Operations Committee Chair Jocelyn Pena Milnick and members heard testimony on House Bill 1439 on March 19, a bill from Delegate Lily Chi that would permit small employers with fewer than 50 workers to access large-group health plans through professional employer organizations, or PEOs.
House Health and Government Operations Committee Chair Jocelyn Pena Milnick and members heard testimony on House Bill 1439 on March 19, a bill from Delegate Lily Chi that would permit small employers with fewer than 50 workers to access large-group health plans through professional employer organizations, or PEOs.
Delegate Lily Chi, sponsor of HB 1439, told the committee the proposal is voluntary for employers and “would allow small businesses with under 50 employees to have the same health benefits offered to their workers as larger employers through professional employer organizations.” She referred to a Maryland Insurance Administration study submitted in January finding “no conclusive data to draw a direct causation between allowing small businesses to purchase large group…
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