Section 420-K:4 Standard Health Benefit Plan.
I. The board shall:
(a) Develop a standard health benefit plan which shall contain benefit and cost sharing levels that reflect the health coverages most commonly sold by small employer carriers in the state.
(b) Develop base reinsurance premium rates for the standard health benefit plan. The base reinsurance premium rates shall be set at levels which reasonably approximate gross premiums charged to small employers by small employer carriers for health benefit plans with benefits similar to the standard health benefit plan. The base premium rates shall be subject to approval of the commissioner.
(c) Establish a methodology for determining premium rates to be charged by the pool to reinsure small employer groups and individuals. The methodology shall include a system for classification of small employers that reflects the types of case characteristics commonly used by small employer carriers in establishing premium rates.
II. The standard health benefit plan, base reinsurance premium rates, and the rating methodology shall be submitted to the commissioner for approval within 45 days after the appointment of the board and shall subsequently be revised as necessary and appropriate.
Source. 2005, 225:12, eff. July 1, 2005.