Bill > H838

This bill, concerning small group health insurance, allows insurance carriers to adjust the base premium for eligible small employers between January 1, 2014, and December 31, 2017, by considering factors beyond those typically allowed under Chapter 176J of the General Laws, such as industry, participation rates, group size, intermediary arrangements, or group purchasing cooperatives, provided these factors were in place by July 1, 2013, and requires the commissioner of insurance to create regulations for their use, while also mandating that the Commonwealth formally seek a federal waiver to prevent negative impacts on the Massachusetts merged market, preserving current rating and rule requirements, with negotiations involving legislative appointees and requiring detailed reports on the waiver application and progress to legislative committees.