54-52.1-04.2. Self-insurance health plan

54-52.1-04.2. Self-insurance health plan 1. This section applies to a self-insurance health plan for: a. Health insurance and prescription drug benefits coverage; b. Health insurance benefits coverage, excluding all or part of prescription drug benefits coverage; or c. All or part of prescription drug benefits coverage. 2. Except for prescription drug coverage under subdivision c of subsection 1, a self-insurance health plan established by the board under this section must be provided under an administrative services only (ASO) contract or a third-party administrator (TPA) contract under the uniform group insurance program. The board may not establish a self-insurance health plan unless the board determines the self- insurance health plan best serves the interests of the state and the state's eligible employees. If the board determines it is in the best interest of the plan, individual stop-loss coverage insured by a carrier authorized to do business in this state may be made part of a self-insurance health plan.