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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 11-12 Premium Stabilization Fund.">
  <section prefix="§" num="11-12" heading="Premium Stabilization Fund.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The City shall maintain a Premium Stabilization Fund within the City’s Risk Management Fund.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Maintenance.">The Fund:<para num="(1)">may not be commingled with any part of the City’s General Operating Fund;</para>
      <para num="(2)">shall be maintained by the City for the exclusive benefit of the Program; and</para>
      <para num="(3)">shall be used only to enable the City to defray a year-end deficit in the health benefit plan accounts after:<para num="(i)">all revenues, claims, and costs are fully accounted for; and</para>
        <para num="(ii)">full disclosure has been made to the:<para num="(A)">exclusive employee organizations;</para>
          <para num="(B)">MAPS;</para>
          <para num="(C)">retirees; and</para>
          <para num="(D)">their consultant.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Transfer of surplus.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="In general.">The Program’s year-end surplus shall be transferred into the Fund until the balance of the Fund reaches the equivalent of 2 months of medical and prescription drug claims for the previous plan year.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Reporting.">The Director shall report the balance of the Fund within 3 to 6 months after the end of each plan year to the:<para num="(i)">exclusive employee organizations;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">MAPS;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">retirees; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">their consultant.</para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Pricing.">When the Fund’s balance is equal to or greater than 2 months of Program medical and prescription drug claims for the most recent completed plan year, the City may not use margin as a factor in the pricing of:<para num="(1)">premiums for vendor insured plans for active employees;</para>
      <para num="(2)">premiums for vendor insured plans for retirees;</para>
      <para num="(3)">premium equivalents for self-insured benefit plans for active employees; and</para>
      <para num="(4)">premium equivalents for self-insured benefit plans for retirees.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Disbursements.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Application by Director.">Disbursements from the Fund shall be authorized only if the Board of Estimates approves an application by the Director.</para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Disclosure to representatives.">Thirty days before presenting the application described under this subsection to the Board of Estimates, the Director shall provide a copy of the application to the:<para num="(i)">exclusive employee organizations;</para>
        <para num="(ii)">MAPS;</para>
        <para num="(iii)">retirees; and</para>
        <para num="(iii)">their consultant.</para>
      </para>
      <para num="(3)" heading="Application of surplus after disbursement.">If a disbursement from the Fund is authorized by the Board of Estimates due to a plan’s year-end deficit, then year-end plan surpluses in subsequent plan years shall be exclusively applied to restore the Fund.</para>
    </para>
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  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
