§6919.__Intragovernmental transfer

Starting July 1, 2004, Dirigo Health shall transfer to a special dedicated, nonlapsing revenue account administered by the agency of State Government that administers MaineCare for the purpose of providing a state match for federal Medicaid dollars.__ Dirigo Health shall annually set the amount of contribution.__The transfer may not include money collected as a recovery in section 6920.

§6920.__Recovery against insurers

1.__Recovery.__For the purpose of providing the funds necessary to carry out the powers and duties of Dirigo Health, the board shall assess, starting April 1, 2004, health insurance carriers, reinsurance carriers and 3rd-party administrators, not including carriers and 3rd-party administrators with respect to Medicare supplemental insurance, long-term care insurance and disease-specific insurance, at such a time and for such amounts as the board finds necessary.__Recovery payments must be made quarterly and are due not less than 30 days after written notice to the member insurers and must accrue interest at 12% per annum on and after the due date.

2.__Maximum recovery payments.__Each health insurance carrier must be assessed an amount not to exceed 4.1% of annual health insurance premiums of persons insured or reinsured by the insurer.__An insurer may not be assessed on policies or contracts insuring federal or state employees.

3.__Determination of recovery payment.__The board shall make reasonable efforts to ensure that premium revenue associated with each covered person is counted only once with respect to any recovery payment.__For that purpose, the board shall require each health insurance carrier that obtains excess or stop loss insurance to include in its gross premium revenue that revenue associated with all individuals whose coverage is insured, in whole or in part, through excess or stop loss coverage.__The board shall allow a health insurance carrier to exclude from its gross premium revenue that revenue associated with covered persons who have been counted by the primary insurer or by the primary reinsurer or primary excess or stop loss insurer for the purpose of determining its recovery payment under this subsection.__The board may verify each insurer's recovery payment based on annual statements and other reports determined to be necessary by the board.__The board may use any reasonable method