An Act To Further Improve Maine's Health Insurance Law
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §3957, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 2011, c. 90, Pt. B, §8, is amended to read:
2. Maximum assessment. The board shall assess each insurer an amount not to exceed $4 per month per covered person enrolled in medical insurance insured, reinsured or administered by the insurer. An insurer may not be assessed on policies or contracts insuring federal or state employees , except for policies or contracts insuring Legislators and their dependents, in which case the insurer shall directly bill Legislators for the cost of the assessment.
SUMMARY
This bill amends "An Act To Modify Rating Practices for Individual and Small Group Health Plans and To Encourage Value-based Purchasing of Health Care Services" to remove the exemption from assessment imposed on Legislators and their dependents, thus requiring insurers to pay the $4 per month per person assessment for policies insuring Legislators and their dependents. The bill provides that insurers shall directly bill Legislators for the costs of the assessment.