LD 346
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(a) A year considered for reduction is completed;

 
(b) The supporting actuarial review includes an
evaluation of the completed year experience with
claims evaluated not less than 6 months from the
end of the plan year, or in the case of a group
self-insurer in existence for at least 36 months,
not less than 4 months from the end of the plan
year; and

 
(c) For individual self-insurers, prior approval
from the superintendent is obtained.

 
For the purposes of determining the confidence level,
all completed years at the same confidence level may be
aggregated. For individual self-insurers, funds may
not be released from the trust or transferred between
years except as approved by the superintendent. The
governing body of a group self-insurer may at any time
declare a surplus of funds above the required
confidence level, but may only release funds after the
completion of any plan year. The superintendent may
request information regarding any such declaration.
Any distribution of surplus must be based upon an
actuarial review of all outstanding obligations for all
completed plan years, an audited financial statement of
the group for all completed plan years and a surplus
distribution worksheet for all completed plan years on
a form approved by the superintendent. The group self-
insurer must provide the required information within 10
days after the distribution. Any surplus declared or
distributed pursuant to this paragraph is subject to
adjustment after review by the superintendent within 60
days of the receipt of the required information. Any
deficit below the required confidence level, as
determined by the superintendent, that results from a
distribution under this paragraph must be funded within
45 days from the date of the notice by the
superintendent.

 
(2) A group self-insurer may elect to fund at a higher
confidence level through the use of cash, marketable securities
or reinsurance. If a member of a group self-insurer terminates
membership in the group for any reason, that member shall fund
the member's proportionate share of the liabilities and
obligations of the trust to the 95% confidence level. If for any
reason the departing member fails to fund the member's
proportionate share of the trust's exposure to the 95% level of
confidence, the remaining members of the group


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