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Item 493 #3s

Item 493 #3s

Independent Agencies
State Corporation Commission

Language

Page 516, after line 20, insert:

"C. The State Corporation Commission (Bureau of Insurance) shall study and analyze Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan models for qualified health plans in the Commonwealth for potential implementation in 2025 that comply with federal regulations 45 CFR 156.111 (State selection of EHB-benchmark plan for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2020, and annual reporting of state-required benefits). The Bureau of Insurance shall report its findings and recommendations to the Health Insurance Reform Commission, and the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by November 1, 2022."



Explanation

(This amendment directs the Bureau of Insurance at the State Corporation Commission to study and analyze the Essential Health Benefits (EHB) benchmark plan, that complies with federal regulations, models for qualified health plans in the Commonwealth for potential implementation in 2025 . The Bureau of Insurance shall report its findings and recommendations to the Health Insurance Reform Commission, and the Chairs of the House Appropriations and Senate Finance and Appropriations Committees by November 1, 2022.)