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2026 Session

Budget Amendments - HB30 (Committee Approved)

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Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program

Item 478 #1h

Item 478 #1h

First Year - FY2027 Second Year - FY2028
Independent Agencies
State Corporation Commission FY2027 $150,000 FY2028 $0 NGF

Language
Page 550, line 2, strike "$558,582,934" and insert "$558,732,934".

Page 550, line 33, strike "for Plan Year 2025".

Page 550, after line 33, insert:

"F.  Out of this appropriation, $150,000 the first year from the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program Special Fund is provided for development and submission of a state innovation waiver extension request pursuant to § 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, to extend the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program for five years, and to implement the provisions for the program."



Explanation

(This amendment provides $150,000 from nongeneral funds from the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program Special Fund for the State Corporation Commission to apply for federal authorization of a five-year extension of the current waiver under section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) authorizing and providing federal funding for the Commonwealth Health Reinsurance Program, pursuant to the passage of House Bill 327, 2026 Session of the General Assembly. The amendment includes a technical change maintaining the current premium reduction target for the program at 15 percent. Language in the introduced budget referred only to Plan Year 2025.)