Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§1, ¶¶B and D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 477, Pt. C, §1 and affected by Pt. F, §1, are repealed.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1997, c. 370, Pt. E, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§3, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 477, Pt. C, §1 and affected by Pt. F, §1, is amended to read:

C. A carrier is exempt from the guaranteed issuance requirements of paragraph A provided that the following requirements are met.

(1) The carrier does not issue or deliver any new individual health plans on or after the effective date of this section; and

(2) If any individual health plans that were not issued on a guaranteed renewable basis are renewed on or after December 1, 1993, all such policies must be renewed by the carrier and renewal must be guaranteed after the first such renewal date; and .

(3) The carrier complies with the rating practices requirements of subsection 2.

Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§6, ¶¶B, C and D, as enacted by PL 1993, c. 477, Pt. C, §1 and affected by Pt. F, §1, are repealed.

Sec. 5. 24-A MRSA §2736-C, sub-§9, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 570, §7, is amended to read:

B. Rates for the association comply with the premium rate requirements of subsection 2 or are established on a nationwide basis and substantially comply with the purposes of this section, except that exempted associations may be rated separately from the carrier's other individual health plans, if any;

Sec. 6. 24-A MRSA §2808-B, sub-§1, ¶¶B and F, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 861, §2, are repealed.

Sec. 7. 24-A MRSA §2808-B, sub-§2, as corrected by RR 1997, c. 1, §22, is repealed.