(1) For plan years beginning between January 1, 2006 and March 31, 2006, both days inclusive, savings offset payments must be made monthly for January 2006, February 2006 and March 2006 and are due not less than 60 days after the close of each of those calendar months; and

(2) Savings offset payments for 3rd-party administrators for groups of 500 or fewer members may be made annually not less than 60 days after the close of the plan year.

G. Savings offset payments received by Dirigo Health must be pooled with other revenues of the agency in the Dirigo Health Fund established in section 6915; and

H.__Annual savings offset payments received must be reconciled by Dirigo Health.__Any unused payments must reduce the next savings offset payment charged to health insurance carriers, 3rd-party administrators and employee benefit excess insurance carriers according to a formula developed by the board.

Sec. A-12. 24-A MRSA §6913, sub-§§4 and 6, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. A, §8, are repealed.

Sec. A-13. 24-A MRSA §6913, sub-§10 is enacted to read:

10. Definition of paid claims; rulemaking.__The board shall adopt rules regarding the definition of paid claims for the purposes of calculating savings offset payments for health insurance carriers, 3rd-party administrators and employee benefit excess insurance carriers due on or after January 1, 2007. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are major substantive rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. A-14. 24-A MRSA §6914, as enacted by PL 2003, c. 469, Pt. A, §8, is amended to read:

§6914. Intragovernmental transfer

Starting July 1, 2004, Dirigo Health shall transfer funds, as necessary, to a special dedicated, nonlapsing revenue account administered by the agency of State Government that administers MaineCare for the purpose of providing a state match for federal Medicaid dollars. Dirigo Health shall annually set the amount of