§ 42-157-4. Financing. [Effective until January 1, 2020.] (a) The department is authorized to assess insurers offering qualified health plans and qualified dental plans. The revenue raised in accordance with this subsection shall not exceed the revenue able to be raised through the federal government assessment and shall be established in accordance and conformity with the federal government assessment upon those insurers offering products on the Federal Health Benefit exchange. Revenues from the assessment shall be deposited in a restricted receipt account for the sole use of the exchange and shall be exempt from the indirect cost recovery provisions of § 35-4-27 of the general laws.
(b) The general assembly may appropriate general revenue to support the annual budget for the exchange in lieu of or to supplement revenues raised from the assessment under § 42-157-4(a).
(c) If the director determines that the level of resources obtained pursuant to § 42-157-4(a) will be in excess of the budget for the exchange, the department shall provide a report to the governor, the speaker of the house and the senate president identifying the surplus and detailing how the assessment established pursuant to § 42-157-4(a) may be offset in a future year to reconcile with impacted insurers and how any future supplemental or annual budget submission to the general assembly may be revised accordingly.
History of Section. (P.L. 2015, ch. 141, art. 18, § 2.)