LD 1490
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LR 1914
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court may not approve or approve with modifications the
charitable trust plan unless it finds that the charitable
trust plan meets the following requirements.

 
(1) The plan must describe the charitable trust or
trusts that will receive the ownership interest in
the organization following its conversion to a
domestic stock insurer. For purposes of this
section, a charitable trust:

 
(a) Must be a new or existing trust or nonprofit
public benefit corporation formed under the laws
of this State, but may not include the
organization or any person controlled by the
organization;

 
(b) Must be a charitable entity that qualifies
for federal income tax exemption under the
United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended, Section 501 (c)(3) or (c)(4);

 
(c) May not be controlled by the converted
domestic stock insurer;

 
(d) May not have more than one of its directors
serve as a director of the domestic stock
insurer;

 
(e) May not have as a director any person who
has been a director or officer of the
organization, the domestic stock insurer or any
affiliate of either during the 3-year period
preceding the date of appointment as a director
of the charitable trust; and

 
(f) Must have a board of directors representing
the people of the State including, but not
limited to, persons representing the interests
of the medically uninsured and underserved
populations.

 
(2) The charitable mission of the charitable trust
must include, but is not limited to, serving the
State's unmet health care needs for the type of care
historically covered by the organization,
particularly with regard to medically uninsured and
underserved populations and providing access to care
and improving quality of care for those populations.

 
(3) The charitable trust plan must provide for the fair and
equitable use by the charitable trust of its


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