Any data submitted by a health insurer to the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, or his or her designee, for purposes of the risk adjustment program described in Section 1343 of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 18063) shall be concurrently submitted to the department and in the same format. The department shall use the information to monitor federal implementation of risk adjustment in the state and to ensure that insurers are in compliance with federal requirements related to risk adjustment.
(Added by Stats. 2013, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 1, Sec. 6. (AB 2 1x) Effective September 30, 2013.)