33-22-166. Employer payment of employee individual disability coverage. (1) The provisions of Title 33 may not be construed as prohibiting an employer from paying a portion of or the entire cost of individual disability coverage for or on behalf of each of the employer's qualifying employees in any case in which a qualifying employee elects individual disability coverage because:
     (a) the employer does not otherwise offer or provide its qualifying employees with group health plan coverage; or
     (b) the employer offers or provides its qualifying employees with group health plan coverage but the cost to the qualifying employee of the coverage exceeds 9.5% of the qualifying employee's household income.
     (2) An employer's contribution to coverage for its qualifying employees who elect disability coverage pursuant to subsection (1) must be made:
     (a) at a uniform percentage of the cost of the health plan offered by the employer; or
     (b) at a uniform set dollar amount regardless of whether an employer offers no health plan or a health plan with one or more benefit options.
     (3) For purposes of this section, "qualifying employee" means an employee who is employed by the employer for at least 30 hours per week.

     History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 349, L. 2013.