Sec. 1. 24-A MRSA §4204, sub-§4, ¶F is enacted to read:

F.__The superintendent may require a health maintenance organization to continue to maintain the deposit required under this subsection after the health maintenance organization has withdrawn from the market in accordance with section 415-A.

Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §4204, sub-§6, ¶C is enacted to read:

C.__In addition to the other provisions in this subsection, if a petition to liquidate an insolvent health maintenance organization is filed with a court of competent jurisdiction, then after the date of filing the petition for liquidation:

(1)__Any provider who has rendered a covered service for a subscriber or enrollee of the insolvent health maintenance organization is prohibited from collecting or attempting to collect from the subscriber or enrollee amounts normally payable by the insolvent health maintenance organization; and

(2)__A provider or agent, trustee or assignee of the provider may not maintain any action at law against a subscriber or enrollee of the insolvent health maintenance organization to collect amounts for covered services normally payable by the insolvent health maintenance organization.

Nothing in this subsection prohibits a provider from collecting or attempting to collect from a subscriber or enrollee any amounts for services not normally payable by the insolvent health maintenance organization, including applicable copayments or deductibles.

Sec. 3. 24-A MRSA §4204-A, sub-§2, ¶C, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 842, §14, is amended to read:

C. An amount equal to the sum of 3 months uncovered health care expenditures as reported on the financial statement covering the health maintenance organization's immediately preceding fiscal year as filed with the superintendent; or

Sec. 4. 24-A MRSA §4204-A, sub-§2, ¶D, as enacted by PL 1989, c. 842, §14, is repealed and the following enacted in its place: