NH Rev Stat § 404-G:11 (2021)
2021 New Hampshire Revised Statutes|Title XXXVII - Insurance|Title 404-G - Individual Health Insurance Market|Section 404-G:11 - Termination of Activities and Dissolution.

    404-G:11 Termination of Activities and Dissolution. –||Notwithstanding the provisions of RSA 404-G:1-RSA 404-G:7, the association shall undertake the winding down and cessation of the risk sharing subsidy mechanism, the high risk pool and the federally qualified high risk pool, and the dissolution of the association, as follows:||I. The risk sharing subsidy mechanism described in RSA 404-G:5 shall cease. The final subsidies shall be determined based on calendar year 2013 experience and paid to eligible carriers in 2014.||II. The risk adjustment and subsidization established by the commissioner through Ins 1908 with respect to individual health policies to children under age 19 shall cease. The final subsidies shall be determined based on calendar year 2013 experience and disbursed in accordance with the association's disbursement plan as approved by the commissioner.||III. The high risk pool under RSA 404-G:5-b shall cease in accordance with the following:||(a) Health care coverage provided by the pool shall cease at the close of business on December 31, 2013;||(b) On or before November 1, 2013, the association, through the high risk pool administrator, shall notify all individuals currently enrolled in the pool of the year-end termination of coverage;||(c) The association may renew coverage for existing enrollees or enroll new individuals in the high risk pool until December 1, 2013; provided, that at the time of renewal or application, such enrollees are given notice that pool coverage will terminate on December 31, 2013;||(d) Insurance laws and regulations providing for guaranteed renewal and guaranteed premiums for a period of 12-months, and any similar insurance laws or regulations, shall not apply to the high risk pool to the extent that they are inconsistent with this section;||(e) No individual shall be eligible for coverage through the high risk pool on or after January 1, 2014; and||(f) The association may extend the contract of the existing high risk pool administrator without a competitive bidding process through the period of time required to wind down the operations of the high risk pool.||IV. Coverage under the federally qualified high risk pool described in RSA 404-G:5-g shall cease as of the close of business on December 31, 2013, and the pool shall dissolve in accordance with the Act and as directed by, and under the contract of the association with, the Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.||V. The board of directors of the association shall prepare and submit to the commissioner for approval within 60 days of the effective date of this section, a plan of termination which shall be an amendment to the plans of operation described in RSA 404-G:5 and RSA 404-G:5-a. The plan of termination shall provide for such administrative measures as are necessary or desirable to terminate the risk sharing subsidy mechanism, under 19 subsidy mechanism, high risk pool and federally qualified high risk pool, and such provisions shall not be inconsistent with this section.||VI. Following the cessation of coverage on December 31, 2013, the association shall take such actions as are necessary and desirable to wind down its affairs under this chapter in accordance with the plan of termination. The association shall retain all of its powers and duties, including, but not limited to, its power to establish and collect regular and special assessments under RSA 404-G:5 and RSA 404-G:5-a, and the immunity provided by RSA 404-G:9 and the bylaws of the association. Any excess funds remaining after the satisfaction of all of the association's liabilities shall be used for the program and for the association's reasonable costs for collecting its share of the remainder amount.||VI-a. No later than October 1, 2016, the board of directors shall prepare and submit to the commissioner and the commissioner of health and human services for approval an amendment to the plan of termination that provides for the continuation of the association for the limited purpose of compliance with the provisions of RSA 404-G:5-a, IV(d).||VII. When the association has completed the winding down of its affairs under this chapter and satisfied in full all of its liabilities, then it shall submit to the commissioner for approval a plan of dissolution. Upon approval of the plan of dissolution, the association shall file a certificate of dissolution with the secretary of state, whereupon the association shall cease to exist.|||Source. 2013, 200:1. 2016, 13:11, eff. Apr. 5, 2016.|