Section 17B:27C-6 - Required filingsEach self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement shall file all of the following with the commissioner:
a. No later than May 15th of each calendar year or four months and 15 days after the end of each fiscal year of the self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement, financial statements audited by a certified public accountant and on forms prescribed by the commissioner, an actuarial opinion rendered by a qualified actuary, a report of its Risk-Based Capital (RBC) as of the end of the immediately preceding calendar year, in a form and containing such information as is required by the instructions adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners for health insurers, as amended from time to time and proof of the deposit required in accordance with section 5 of this act. The opinion shall be based on standards adopted from time to time by the Actuarial Standards Board and on any additional standards that the commissioner may prescribe by regulation. For purposes of this section and section 5 of this act, "qualified actuary" means a member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries who meets the requirements set forth in regulations of the commissioner.b. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, unaudited financial statements on forms prescribed by the commissioner, affirmed by an appropriate officer or agent of the self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement.c. Within 60 days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a report on forms prescribed by the commissioner certifying that the self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement maintains cash or liquid assets in a claim reserve account sufficient to meet the requirements of section 5 of this act.d. The information required to be filed pursuant to subsections a., b., and c. of this section shall be certified by an officer of the self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement.e. A majority of the board of trustees of a self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement shall represent participating employer members, and at least one trustee shall be a non-participating independent trustee chosen by a majority vote of the trustees.f. The self-funded multiple employer welfare arrangement shall establish and maintain a website upon which all of the filings required pursuant to this section and information concerning its governance and financial performance shall be publicly available for a period of at least five years after the reporting period. This website shall also, at all times, indicate the status of the deposit required to be continuously maintained with a financial institution licensed in this State, pursuant to subsection a. of section 5 of P.L. 2001, c. 352(C.17B:27C-5) and the name of that institution.Amended by L. 2015, c. 172,s. 3, eff. 1/1/2016. L. 2001, c. 352, s. 6, eff. April 6, 2002.