2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 38a - Insurance
Chapter 706c - Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange
Section 38a-1089 - Annual report from chief executive officer.

(a) Not later than January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter until January 1, 2014, the chief executive officer of the exchange shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on a plan, and any revisions or amendments to such plan, to establish a health insurance exchange in the state. Such report shall address:

(1) Whether to establish two separate exchanges, one for the individual health insurance market and one for the small employer health insurance market, or to establish a single exchange;

(2) Whether to merge the individual and small employer health insurance markets;

(3) Whether to revise the definition of “small employer” from not more than fifty employees to not more than one hundred employees;

(4) Whether to allow large employers to participate in the exchange beginning in 2017;

(5) Whether to require qualified health plans to provide the essential health benefits package, as described in Section 1302(a) of the Affordable Care Act, or include additional state mandated benefits;

(6) Whether to list dental benefits separately on the exchange’s Internet web site where a qualified health plan includes dental benefits;

(7) The relationship of the exchange to insurance producers;

(8) The capacity of the exchange to award Navigator grants pursuant to section 38a-1087;

(9) Ways to ensure that the exchange is financially sustainable by 2015, as required by the Affordable Care Act including, but not limited to, assessments or user fees charged to carriers; and

(10) Methods to independently evaluate consumers’ experience, including, but not limited to, hiring consultants to act as secret shoppers.

(b) Not later than January 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, the chief executive officer of the exchange shall report, in accordance with section 11-4a, to the Governor and the General Assembly on:

(1) Any private or federal funds received during the preceding calendar year and, if applicable, how such funds were expended;

(2) The adequacy of federal funds for the exchange prior to January 1, 2015;

(3) The amount and recipients of any grants awarded; and

(4) The current financial status of the exchange.

(P.A. 11-53, S. 12.)

History: P.A. 11-53 effective July 1, 2011.