2018 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 3 - State Elective Officers
Chapter 34 - Comptroller
Section 3-123eee - Partnership plan premium account. Nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent.
(a) There is established an account to be known as the “partnership plan premium account”, which shall be a separate, nonlapsing account within the General Fund. All premiums paid by employers and their respective employees and retirees for coverage under a partnership plan pursuant to sections 3-123bbb to 3-123ddd, inclusive, shall be deposited into said account. The account shall be administered by the Comptroller for payment of claims and administrative fees to entities providing coverage or services under partnership plans.
(b) The Comptroller may charge each employer participating in a partnership plan an administrative fee calculated on a per member per month basis, in accordance with the actuarial standards developed under subsection (b) of section 3-123ccc and subsection (c) of section 3-123ddd. In addition, the Comptroller may charge a fluctuating reserves fee the Comptroller deems necessary and in accordance with the actuarial standards developed under subsection (b) of section 3-123ccc and subsection (c) of section 3-123ddd to ensure adequate claims reserves.
(c) Each employer shall pay monthly the amount determined by the Comptroller, pursuant to this section, for coverage of its employees or its employees and retirees, as appropriate, under a partnership plan. An employer may require each covered employee to contribute a portion of the cost of such employee's coverage under the plan, subject to any collective bargaining obligation applicable to such employer.
(d) If any payment due by an employer under this section is not submitted to the Comptroller by the tenth day after the date such payment is due, interest to be paid by such employer shall be added, retroactive to the date such payment was due, at the prevailing rate of interest as determined by the Comptroller.
(1) The Comptroller may terminate participation in the partnership plan by a nonprofit employer on the basis of nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent, provided at least ten days' advance notice is given to such employer, which may continue the coverage and avoid the effect of the termination by remitting payment in full at any time prior to the effective date of termination.
(2) (A) If a nonstate public employer fails to make premium payments or premium equivalent payments as required by this section, the Comptroller may direct the State Treasurer, or any other officer of the state who is the custodian of any moneys made available by grant, allocation or appropriation payable to such nonstate public employer, to withhold the payment of such moneys until the amount of the premium or premium equivalent or interest due has been paid to the Comptroller, or until the State Treasurer or such custodial officer determines that arrangements have been made, to the satisfaction of the State Treasurer, for the payment of such premium or premium equivalent and interest. Such moneys shall not be withheld if such withholding will adversely affect the receipt of any federal grant or aid in connection with such moneys.
(B) If no grant, allocation or appropriation is payable to such nonstate public employer or is not withheld, pursuant to subparagraph (A) of this subdivision, the Comptroller may terminate participation in a partnership plan by a nonstate public employer on the basis of nonpayment of premium or premium equivalent, provided at least ten days' advance notice is given to such employer, which may continue the coverage and avoid the effect of the termination by remitting payment in full at any time prior to the effective date of termination.
(3) The Comptroller may request the Attorney General to bring an action in the superior court for the judicial district of Hartford to recover any premium or premium equivalent, interest costs, paid claim expenses or equitable relief from a terminated employer.
(P.A. 11-58, S. 5.)
History: P.A. 11-58 effective July 1, 2011.
