participant

(3) Participants of group health plans In the case of a group health plan, the term “participant” also includes— (A) in connection with a group health plan maintained by a partnership, an individual who is a partner in relation to the partnership, or (B) in connection with a group health plan maintained by a self-employed individual (under which one or more employees are participants), the self-employed individual, if such individual is, or may become, eligible to receive a benefit under the plan or such individual’s beneficiaries may be eligible to receive any such benefit.

Source

42 USC § 300gg-21(d)(3)


Scoping language

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