2021 Plan Year Issuer Guidance INS No. 20-018-AB, Amendment to Appendix I Timeline

The State of New Hampshire Insurance Department 21 South Fruit Street, Suite 14 Concord, NH 03301 (603) 271-2261 Fax (603) 271-1406 TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 Christopher Nicolopoulos Commissioner Alexander K. Feldvebel Deputy Commissioner BULLETIN Docket No.: 20-032-AB TO: All New Hampshire Licensed Health and Dental Insurers FROM: Commissioner Christopher R. Nicolopoulos, Esq. Q.,9--,~ 1 DATE: April 28, 2020 RE: 2021 Plan Year Issuer Guidance INS No. 20-018-AB, Amendment to Appendix I Timeline I. Introduction On April 4, 2020, The New Hampshire Insurance Department (NHID) issued Bulletin INS-20-018- AB (2021 Plan Year Issuer Guidance) to detail the process issuers must follow to have nongrandfathered individual and small group health plans certified as Qualified Health Plans (QHPs) to be offered on the federally-operated New Hampshire Health Insurance Marketplace in Plan Year 2021 as well as standards applying to QHPs and individual and small group plans offered on and off the Marketplace. The NHID is amending the 2021 ~Ian Year Issuer Guidance Appendix I NHID QHP Timeline Plan Year 2021 to extend NHID rate filing deadlines as follows: II. Appendix I Appendix I of the bulletin is replaced in its entirety by the NHID QHP Timeline Plan Year 2021, Revised 4/28/2020 appended below. A summary of the NHID rate timeline changes are as follows: • Initial On/Off Exchange rate templates/documentation now due 6/15/2020 • Initial Rate Revisions and Off Exchange-only form/rate filings now due 7/15/2020 • All final rate revisions now due 7/29/2020 All references to amended rate timelines stated within Bulletin INS 20-018-AB and the April 10, 2020 QHP Issuer Presentation shall be replaced as stated herein. III. Contact Information Amendment Questions related to this Bulletin and the 2021 Plan Year Issuer Guidance Bulletin should be directed to Jason Dexter at NHID, Jason.G.Dexter(q"dns.nh.gov, 603-271-3041. 1 Appendix I: NHID Draft QHP Review Timeline, Revised 4/28/2020 NHID QHP Timeline Plan Year 2021, Revised 4/28/2020 U) I C u, :E 0 (5/19) Early Bird QHP Application submission deadline (6/18Y 8/12) CMS reviews initial QHP applications as of 6/17 (8/19) (8/20 - 9/10) CMS reviews final Q~ lications as of 8/19 , , , (9/15-9/23) (5/20-6/10) CMS reviews Early BirdQHP Application data, (~ ' (6/17) lnitialOHP application deadline (May • June 2020) Anticipated CMS review & approval of NH 1332 Waiver (413) ~(5110) Anticipated Initial Forms release:of 2021 & Rate Plan Year Issuer • Guidance Bulletin; and, (4/10) Release Plan Year 2021 Issuer Webinar &HostQ&A Filings Due for On/Off Exchange •may submit rate template placeholder butmM§l update by 6115 (6/15) Initial Rate Templates and documentation • must be submitted for On/Off Exchange if placeholder was used in initial filing (7122) Initial deadline for QHP Rates (8/11) Service area Final deadline . for issuers to change OHP application; plan withdrawal deadline CMS send QHP agreements to issuers & Slate sends CMS final plan recommendations. (1015-10/6) petitioo. deadline (9/17-9/18) Limited data correction window for issu~rs CMS releases certification notices to states and is$uers l~ \ (7/15) (7/29) Initial Rate Final rate revision deadline; and, Off- Exchange Only Forms & Rate Filings Due revision deadline (8/19) NH sends:2021 certification recommendations to CMS i 11/1/20-12/15/20) p pen enrollment PY 21