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An Act To Assist School Administrative Units in Providing Health Insurance to Their Employees
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  20-A MRSA §1001, sub-§14, ¶D  is enacted to read:
 
D.  In order to facilitate the competitive bidding process in procuring health insurance for a school administrative unit’s employees under this subsection, a school administrative unit may request from its insurer loss information concerning the unit’s employees pursuant to Title 24-A, section 2803-A.
Sec. 2. 24-A MRSA §2803-A, sub-§2, as amended by PL 2003, c. 428, Pt. D, §1, is further amended to read:
 
2. Disclosure of basic loss information.   Upon written request, every insurer shall provide loss information concerning a group policy or contract to its policyholder or, to a former policyholder or to a school administrative unit pursuant to Title 20-A, section 1001, subsection 14, paragraph D within 21 business days of the date of the request. This subsection does not apply to a former policyholder whose coverage terminated more than 18 months prior to the date of a request.
 
SUMMARY
This bill allows a school administrative unit to request from its insurer loss information on its employees pursuant to the Maine Insurance Code as part of the competitive bidding process in procuring health insurance for the unit’s employees.