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2020 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Floor Approved)

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Amend Language Implementing State Health Benefit Exchange (language only)

Item 487 #1h

Item 487 #1h

Independent Agencies
State Corporation Commission

Language

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 revises language included in the introduced budget concerning the transition from a Federal Health Benefit Exchange to a State Health Benefit exchange. The revised language authorizes a working capital advance, or treasury loan, of up to $40.0 million to be repaid from retaining a portion of the user fees collected from health insurers who participate in the state exchange.)