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MT HB727
Bill
Status
5/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Nelly Nicol
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AI Summary
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Requires the Insurance Commissioner to include Plan No. 3 (the State Fund) alongside Plan No. 2 private insurers when measuring workers' compensation market concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index
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Establishes that a Herfindahl-Hirschman Index over 1,800 creates a presumption that reasonable competition does not exist, triggering a mandatory public hearing
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Mandates corrective measures when a noncompetitive market is confirmed, including promoting new insurers, limiting large mergers, consumer education, and prohibiting or limiting by at least 50% premiums written by producer agencies to monopoly carriers
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Defines "actively engaged" insurers as those with a positive measurable effect on the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index based on NAIC annual market share reports for direct premiums earned
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Requires the Commissioner to notify all customers, insurers, and producers participating in workers' compensation when corrective measures are implemented
Legislative Description
Revise workers' compensation laws relating to competitive markets
Labor and Employment
Last Action
(H) Died in Process
5/20/2025