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H0780.....................................................by WAYS AND MEANS
HEALTH INSURANCE - Amends House Bill No. 750 of the Second Regular Session
of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature regarding the Idaho Individual High
Risk Reinsurance Pool to require that insurance carriers subject to the act
provide specified information to the Department of Insurance, the Joint
Legislative Oversight Committee and the Health Insurance Premiums Task
Force; and to provide that the confidentiality of any trade secrets or
proprietary information received be maintained.
03/24 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/24 Rpt prt - to 2nd rdg
03/27 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
Rules susp - PASSED - 66-0-4
AYES -- Alltus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bieter, Black, Boe, Bruneel,
Callister, Campbell, Chase, Cheirrett, Clark, Crow, Cuddy, Deal,
Denney, Ellsworth, Field(13), Field(20), Gagner, Geddes, Gould,
Hadley, Hammond, Hansen(23), Hansen(29), Henbest, Hornbeck, Jaquet,
Jones, Judd, Kellogg, Kendell, Kunz, Lake, Linford, Loertscher,
Mader, Marley, McKague, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Moss, Moyle,
Pearce, Pischner, Pomeroy, Reynolds, Ridinger, Ringo, Robison, Sali,
Schaefer, Sellman, Shepherd, Smylie, Stevenson, Stoicheff, Stone,
Taylor, Tilman, Wheeler, Wood, Zimmermann, Mr Speaker
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- Bell, Kempton, Smith, Trail
Floor Sponsors - Black, Henbest
Title apvd - to Senate
03/28 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/30 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
04/04 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Bunderson, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Crow,
Danielson, Darrington, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Geddes,
Hawkins, Ingram, Ipsen, Keough, King-Barrutia, Lee, McLaughlin, Noh,
Parry, Richardson, Riggs, Risch, Sandy, Schroeder, Sorensen, Stegner,
Stennett, Thorne, Walton, Wheeler, Whitworth, Williams
NAYS -- None
Absent and excused -- None
Floor Sponsor - Andreason
Title apvd - to House
04/05 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
04/06 To Governor
04/17 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 477
Effective: 07/01/00
H0780
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2000
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 780
BY WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE; AMENDING SECTION 20 OF HOUSE BILL NO. 750,
3 ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH IDAHO LEGISLA-
4 TURE, TO REQUIRE THAT CARRIERS SUBJECT TO THE ACT PROVIDE INFORMATION TO
5 THE DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE AND THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
6 DEEMED NECESSARY TO FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 20, TO PROVIDE
7 THAT THE CONFIDENTIALITY OF ANY TRADE SECRETS OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION
8 RECEIVED BE MAINTAINED AND TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
9 UNDER SPECIFIED CIRCUMSTANCES; AND AMENDING SECTION 21 OF HOUSE BILL NO.
10 750, ENACTED BY THE SECOND REGULAR SESSION OF THE FIFTY-FIFTH IDAHO LEGIS-
11 LATURE, TO REQUIRE THAT CARRIERS PROVIDE INFORMATION TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
12 INSURANCE AND THE HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS TASK FORCE DEEMED NECESSARY TO
13 FULFILL THE REQUIREMENTS OF SECTION 21, TO PROVIDE THAT THE CONFIDENTIAL-
14 ITY OF ANY TRADE SECRETS OR PROPRIETARY INFORMATION RECEIVED BE MAINTAINED
15 AND TO PROVIDE FOR PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION UNDER SPECIFIED CIR-
16 CUMSTANCES.
17 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
18 SECTION 1. That Section 20 of House Bill No. 750, enacted by the Second
19 Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is
20 hereby amended to read as follows:
21 SECTION 20. The President Pro Tempore of the Senate shall appoint five
22 senators, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint five
23 representatives to act as a joint legislative oversight committee to monitor
24 the effects of this act. The committee shall report its findings and recommen-
25 dations to the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-sixth Idaho Legislature in
26 2002. Insurance carriers subject to the provisions of this act shall provide
27 to the Department of Insurance and the joint legislative oversight committee
28 all information deemed necessary to fulfill the requirements of this section.
29 The department and the oversight committee shall maintain the confidentiality
30 of any trade secrets or proprietary information exempt from public disclosure
31 under the provisions of Section 9-340D, Idaho Code, provided in accordance
32 with this section. For purposes of this section, the joint legislative over-
33 sight committee shall be deemed a public agency as that term is used in Sec-
34 tion 9-340D, Idaho Code. The data and information may be compiled into compos-
35 ite form and made public if information that could be used to identify the
36 reporting insurer is removed.
37 SECTION 2. That Section 21 of House Bill No. 750, enacted by the Second
38 Regular Session of the Fifty-fifth Idaho Legislature, be, and the same is
39 hereby amended to read as follows:
40 SECTION 21. Prior to the initial assessment for the Idaho Individual High
41 Risk Reinsurance Pool of March 1, 2001, as provided for in Section 41-5508,
2
1 Idaho Code, the Health Insurance Premiums Task Force shall determine a method
2 of limiting the assessments which may be imposed on carriers providing rein-
3 surance by way of excess or stop loss coverage and on carriers selling insur-
4 ance in the individual market. The Health Insurance Premiums Task Force shall
5 also review options regarding initially limiting enrollment in the Individual
6 High Risk Reinsurance Pool in order to preserve the financial integrity of the
7 pool. The carriers shall provide to the Department of Insurance and the Health
8 Insurance Premiums Task Force all information deemed necessary to fulfill the
9 requirements of this section. The department and the task force shall maintain
10 the confidentiality of any trade secrets or proprietary information exempt
11 from public disclosure under the provisions of Section 9-340D, Idaho Code,
12 provided in accordance with this section. For purposes of this section, the
13 Health Insurance Premiums Task Force shall be deemed a public agency as that
14 term is used in Section 9-340D, Idaho Code. The data and information may be
15 compiled into composite form and made public if information that could be used
16 to identify the reporting insurer is removed.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS10326
This legislation allows the Department of Insurance and the Joint Legislative
Oversight Committee to review pertinent information provided by the Insurance
carriers in establishing Idaho's Individual High Risk Pool.
FISCAL IMPACT
None.
CONTACT
Name: Rep. Max Black
Rep. Margaret Henbest
Phone: 208-332-1000
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact H780