(2)__An affordable benefit design;

(3)__A premium structure sufficient to cover the actuarially determined costs of comprehensive health care services;

(4)__Premium subsidies or a sliding premium schedule for uninsured individuals funded, in part, through a waiver of the premium tax;

(5)__Community preventive care and wellness programs; and

(6)__Reinsurance for catastrophic individual claims and claims beyond a specified aggregate limit.

3.__Project oversight.__The Superintendent of Insurance in conjunction with the Commissioner of Human Services shall oversee the implementation of the project by the Mount Desert Island Community Health Plan or its successor organization.

4.__Fund established.__The Community Health Plan Demonstration Project Guaranty Fund is established for the purpose of covering potential losses, which may be from reimbursement of claims that are in excess of income from premiums but not covered by reinsurance, incurred by the target risk pool during a defined 3- year benefit period of the project.__The money in the fund may not lapse but must be carried forward for the purposes identified in this section.__After final reconciliation of claims at the end of the 3-year benefit period, any unexpended funds of the fund must lapse to the General Fund.

5.__Exemption.__This project is exempt from the provisions of other chapters of this Title and Title 22, Title 24-A and Title 36.

6.__Assistance.__The Superintendent of Insurance may provide technical assistance to the Mount Desert Island Community Health Plan or its successor organization with respect to premium structure, benefit design, reinsurance and other issues related to the project.__The Department of Human Services may provide technical assistance to the Mount Desert Island Community Health Plan or its successor organization with respect to health quality and outcome evaluation, community outreach and prevention strategies and other issues related to the project.

7.__Duration.__The project terminates January 1, 2004.