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House Journal: Page 801: Tuesday, March 25, 1997

18   to small employers in this state by reinsuring
19   carriers.
20     Sec. ___.  Section 513B.15, Code 1997, is amended
21   to read as follows:
22     513B.15  PERIODIC MARKET EVALUATION.
23     The board shall study and report at least every
24   three years to the commissioner on the effectiveness
25   of this subchapter.  The report shall analyze the
26   effectiveness of the subchapter in promoting rate
27   stability, product availability, and coverage
28   affordability.  The report may contain recommendations
29   for actions to improve the overall effectiveness,
30   efficiency, and fairness of the small group health
31   insurance marketplace.  The report shall address
32   whether carriers and producers are fairly and actively
33   marketing or issuing health benefit plans insurance
34   coverages to small employers in fulfillment of the
35   purposes of this subchapter.  The report may contain
36   recommendations for market conduct or other regulatory
37   standards or action."
38     30.  Page 15, by inserting after line 25 the
39   following:
40     "Sec. ___.  Section 513B.17A, Code 1997, is amended
41   to read as follows:
42     513B.17A  RESTORATION OF TERMINATED COVERAGE.
43     The commissioner may adopt rules to require small
44   employer carriers, as a condition of transacting
45   business with small employers in this state after July
46   1, 1993, to reissue a health benefit plan health
47   insurance coverage to any small employer whose health
48   benefit plan insurance coverage is terminated or not
49   renewed by a carrier after January 1, 1993, unless the
50   carrier's termination is pursuant to section 513B.5.

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 1   The commissioner may prescribe such terms for the
 2   reissuance of coverage as the commissioner finds are
 3   reasonable and necessary to provide continuity of
 4   coverage to such employers."
 5     31.  Page 18, by inserting after line 6 the
 6   following:
 7     "6.  A carrier or organized delivery system
 8   offering coverage through a bona fide association is
 9   not required to renew a continue in force coverage or
10   to accept applications from an individual through an
11   association if the membership of the individual in the
12   association on which the basis of coverage is provided
13   ceases, but only if the coverage is not offered or
14   terminated under this paragraph uniformly without
15   regard to health status-related factors of a covered
16   individual."
17     32.  Page 19, line 11, by striking the words "as

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