(1) A client and a professional employer organization shall each be deemed an employer under the laws of this state for purposes of sponsoring retirement and employee welfare benefit plans for its covered employees.

(2) A fully insured employee welfare benefit plan offered to the covered employees of a single professional employer organization shall be for purposes of state law a single employee welfare benefit plan and shall not be considered a multiple employer welfare arrangement, as defined in section 44-7603, and shall be exempt from the registration requirements of the Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Act.

(3) For purposes of the Small Employer Health Insurance Availability Act, a professional employer organization shall be considered the employer of all of its covered employees and all covered employees of any client participating in a health benefit plan sponsored by a single professional employer organization shall be considered employees of the professional employer organization. Subject to any eligibility requirements imposed by the plan or policy, the insurer shall accept and insure all employees of the client and all beneficiaries of those employees.