(a) The Commissioner of Taxes shall assess and an employer shall pay a quarterly Health Care Fund contribution for each full-time equivalent uncovered employee employed during that quarter in excess of four full-time equivalent employees.

(b) The amount of the contribution shall be $158.77 for each full-time equivalent employee in excess of four. Starting in calendar year 2018, the amount of the contribution shall be adjusted annually by a percentage equal to any percentage change in premiums for the second lowest-cost of all silver-level health benefit plans, whether offered in or outside the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange.

(c) Health Care Fund contribution assessments under this chapter shall be determined on a calendar quarter basis, due and payable on or before the 25th day of the calendar month succeeding the close of each quarter. All administrative provisions of chapter 151 of this title shall apply to this chapter, except penalty and interest shall apply according to chapter 103 of this title.

(d) Revenues from the Health Care Fund contributions collected shall be deposited into the General Fund.

(e)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, the Department of Taxes shall provide the Joint Fiscal Office with all returns or return information relating to the Health Care Fund contribution assessment except information that would identify a taxpayer. The information sharing required by this subsection shall occur quarterly within a reasonable time following the return due date for each quarter.