Section 921. Definitions

For  the  purposes  of this article, unless the
  context clearly requires otherwise:
    1. "Applicant" means an eligible employer which submits an application
  under subdivision  two  of  section  nine  hundred  twenty-two  of  this
  article.
    2.  "Eligible  employer"  means  a  sole  proprietor or an employer of
  between one and fifty  full-time  employees,  who  has  not  within  the
  twelve-month  period  prior  to  the  effective  date  of  this  section
  provided  group health insurance benefits  to  any  employee  associated
  with the employers' business.
    3.  "Small  business  health  insurance  partnership  program" means a
  program which assists employers in providing health care coverage  under
  subdivision two of section nine hundred twenty-two of this article.
    4.  "Small  group  health  insurance  policy"  means  a  group  health
  insurance policy or comprehensive  health  services  plan  issued  on  a
  community-rated,  open-enrolled  basis pursuant to article thirty-two or
  forty-three of the insurance law by  an  insurer  licensed  pursuant  to
  article  forty-one  or  forty-two  of  the  insurance law, a corporation
  organized pursuant to article forty-three of the  insurance  law,  or  a
  health maintenance organization certified pursuant to article forty-four
  of  the public health law; provided, however, in no event shall premiums
  be used to purchase riders to policies or to purchase  non-comprehensive
  policies.
    5. "Incentive payment" means the payment of the portion of the premium
  for  a  small  group  health insurance policy obtained through the small
  business health insurance partnership program.
    6. "Partnership  certificate"  means  a   certificate  evidencing  the
  approval  of  an  application  from an eligible employer which is issued
  prior to January first, two thousand.
    7. "Full-time employee" means an employee who  works  twenty  or  more
  hours per week.