SB 904 - This act provides that both a client and a registered professional employer organization (PEO) shall each be deemed an employer for purposes of sponsoring retirement and welfare benefits plans for its covered employees. A fully insured welfare benefit plan sponsored by a registered PEO for the benefit of its covered employees shall be treated for the purposes of state law as a single employer welfare benefit plan. For purposes of sponsoring welfare benefit plans for its eligible covered employees, a registered PEO shall be considered the employer of all of its eligible covered employees, and all eligible covered employees of one or more clients participating in a health benefit plan sponsored by a registered PEO shall be considered employees of such registered PEO. This act is identical to a provision in the truly agreed to and finally passed SS/HB 2400 (2022) and a provision in HCS/HB 2799 (2022).
SCOTT SVAGERA