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2020 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Conference Report)

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Modify Start-Up Funding for Health Benefits Exchange

Item 487 #2c

Item 487 #2c

First Year - FY2021 Second Year - FY2022
Independent Agencies
State Corporation Commission FY2021 ($5,280,000) FY2022 ($28,251,000) NGF

Language
Page 472, line 3, strike "$13,603,671" and insert "$8,323,671".
Page 472, line 3, strike "$41,603,671" and insert "$13,352,671".

Page 472, strike lines 14 through 21, and insert:

"B.1. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 4-3.02 of this act, the Secretary of Finance may authorize either a working capital advance or an interest-free treasury loan in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the State Corporation Commission to fund start-up costs and other costs associated with the implementation of a State Health Benefit Exchange. The Secretary of Finance may extend the repayment plan for any such working capital advance or interest-free treasury loan for a period longer than twelve months.

2. The State Corporation Commission may use a portion of the user fees collected from health insurance carriers participating in the State Health Benefit Exchange to repay the working capital advance or interest-free treasury loan authorized in B.1."



Explanation

(This amendment modifies language in the introduced budget to allow the Secretary of Finance to authorize either a working capital advance or an interest-free treasury loan in an amount not to exceed $40,000,000 for the State Corporation Commission to fund start-up costs and other costs associated with the implementation of a State Health Benefit Exchange. The Secretary of Finance may extend the repayment plan for any such working capital advance or interest-free treasury loan for a period longer than twelve months. The State Corporation Commission is allowed to use a portion of the user fees collected from health insurance carriers participating in the State Health Benefit Exchange to repay the working capital advance or interest-free treasury loan. In addition, the amendment reduces the nongeneral fund appropriation to reflect updated estimates of the cost to operate the Exchange.)