New Hampshire Revised Statutes 404-G:5-g – Federally Qualified High Risk Pool
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I. The association shall negotiate and submit to the commissioner for approval a contract with the United States Department of Health and Human Services to create a federally qualified high risk pool pursuant to the Act. This pool shall be known as the “federally qualified high risk pool” and the contract shall be known as the “federally qualified high risk pool contract.” The eligibility requirements, premiums, benefits, and all other elements of the federally qualified high risk pool and its operations shall be governed solely by federal law and regulation and the federally qualified high risk pool contract. Individuals covered by insurance under the federally qualified high risk pool shall not be covered lives for the purposes of this chapter. The federally qualified high risk pool shall be funded solely by federal moneys and premiums charged for coverage under it, and shall not be funded with state general fund revenue or any assessments under this chapter. All federal moneys received by the association for the federally qualified high risk pool shall be used solely for the federally qualified high risk pool.
II. In addition to the powers and duties enumerated elsewhere in this chapter, the board of directors of the association shall have the following powers and duties with respect to the federally qualified high risk pool:
(a) Make application, subject to review and approval of the commissioner, to establish and operate a federally qualified high risk pool; and
(b) Enter into contract with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, subject to review and approval of the commissioner, to establish and operate a federally qualified high risk pool under section 1101 of the Act.
III. The board of directors of the association shall adopt a plan of operation for the federally qualified high risk pool. This plan of operation shall include the federally qualified high risk pool contract, all federal rules and guidance issued with respect to federally qualified high risk pools, and any other provisions deemed necessary by the board to operate the federally qualified high risk pool.
II. In addition to the powers and duties enumerated elsewhere in this chapter, the board of directors of the association shall have the following powers and duties with respect to the federally qualified high risk pool:
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 404-G:5-g
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of these laws, shall mean the section next preceding or following that in which such reference is made, unless some other is expressly designated. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:13
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
- United States: shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
(a) Make application, subject to review and approval of the commissioner, to establish and operate a federally qualified high risk pool; and
(b) Enter into contract with the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, subject to review and approval of the commissioner, to establish and operate a federally qualified high risk pool under section 1101 of the Act.
III. The board of directors of the association shall adopt a plan of operation for the federally qualified high risk pool. This plan of operation shall include the federally qualified high risk pool contract, all federal rules and guidance issued with respect to federally qualified high risk pools, and any other provisions deemed necessary by the board to operate the federally qualified high risk pool.