5. Monthly reports; notice of meetings. The working group shall provide monthly reports to the Joint Standing Committee on Insurance and Financial Services and shall notify committee members of each meeting of the working group. The monthly reports must include any recommendations the working group has made to the board pursuant to subsection 3.

6. Termination of working group. The working group terminates December 31, 2005.

Sec. B-2. Provisions governing first year of savings offset payments.

1. Definition of paid claims; first assessment year. The Board of Directors of Dirigo Health shall adopt rules regarding the definition of paid claims under section 1 of this Part for the calculation of savings offset payments for the first 12-month calendar year period of savings offset payments, referred to in this section as "the first assessment year," due from health insurance carriers, 3rd-party administrators and employee benefit excess insurance carriers pursuant to the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, section 6913. In adopting these rules, the board shall take into account the recommendations of the working group established under section 1 with respect to the definition of paid claims and the methodology for calculating and invoicing savings offset payment assessments based on paid claims. Rules adopted pursuant to this section are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A. For savings offset payments after the first assessment year, the board shall define paid claims through major substantive rulemaking in accordance with Title 24-A, section 6913, subsection 10.

2. Timeline. Notwithstanding any deadlines specified in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 24-A, section 6913, the Board of Directors of Dirigo Health shall comply with the following deadlines for the first assessment year:

A. No later than the effective date of this Act, the board shall file with the Superintendent of Insurance its determination as to the aggregate measurable cost savings in this State, including any reduction or avoidance of bad debt and charity care cost to health care providers as a result of the operation of Dirigo Health and any increased MaineCare enrollment due to an expansion in MaineCare eligibility occurring after June 30, 2004 as well as the supporting information for that determination. The filing constitutes a public record; and