1.__Reimbursement.__A member insurer may seek reimbursement from the association and the association shall reimburse the member insurer to the extent claims made by a covered person after April 1, 2006 exceed premiums paid on a calendar-year basis by the covered person to the member insurer for a covered person who meets the following criteria:

A. The member insurer sold an individual health plan to the covered person between December 1, 1993 and April 1, 2006 and the policy that was sold has been continuously renewed by the covered person and the carrier has closed its book of business for individual health plans sold between December 1, 1993 and April 1, 2006; and

B. The member insurer is able to determine through the use of individual health statements, claims history or any reasonable means that at the time the person applied for insurance coverage with the member insurer, the covered person was diagnosed with one of the following medical conditions: acquired immune deficiency syndrome, angina pectoris, ascites, chemical dependency cirrhosis of the liver, coronary occlusion, cystic fibrosis, Friedreich's ataxia, hemophilia, Hodgkin's disease, Huntington's chorea, juvenile diabetes, leukemia, metastatic cancer, motor or sensory aphasia, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, myotonia, heart disease causing open heart surgery, Parkinson's disease, polycystic kidney, psychotic disorders, quadriplegia, stroke, syringomyelia or Wilson's disease.

2. Rules.__The superintendent may adopt rules to facilitate payment to a carrier pursuant to this section. Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

3.__Repeal.__This section is repealed April 1, 2010.

Sec. A-16. Application for federal grant. Within 30 days of the effective date of this Act, the Superintendent of Insurance shall submit an application to the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration for a federal seed grant to support the creation and initial operation of the Comprehensive Health Insurance Risk Pool Association established in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, chapter 54.