§ 4306-h. Essential health benefits package and limit on cost-sharing.\n(a) (1) For purposes of this article, "essential health benefits" shall\nmean the following categories of benefits:\n (A) ambulatory patient services;\n (B) emergency services;\n (C) hospitalization;\n (D) maternity and newborn care;\n (E) mental health and substance use disorder services, including\nbehavioral health treatment;\n (F) prescription drugs;\n (G) rehabilitative and habilitative services and devices;\n (H) laboratory services;\n (I) preventive and wellness services and chronic disease management;\nand\n (J) pediatric services, including oral and vision care.\n (2) A corporation shall not be required to provide coverage for\npediatric oral services as an essential health benefit if:\n (A) for coverage offered through the exchange established by this\nstate, the exchange has determined sufficient coverage of the pediatric\noral benefit is available through stand-alone dental plans certified by\nthe exchange; or\n (B) for coverage offered outside the exchange, the corporation obtains\nreasonable written assurance that the individual or group has obtained a\nstand-alone dental plan that has been approved by the superintendent as\nmeeting exchange certification standards.\n (b) (1) Every individual and small group contract that provides\nhospital, surgical, or medical expense coverage and is not a\ngrandfathered health plan shall provide coverage that meets the\nactuarial requirements of one of the following levels of coverage:\n (A) Bronze Level. A plan in the bronze level shall provide a level of\ncoverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially\nequivalent to sixty percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits\nprovided under the plan;\n (B) Silver Level. A plan in the silver level shall provide a level of\ncoverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially\nequivalent to seventy percent of the full actuarial value of the\nbenefits provided under the plan;\n (C) Gold Level. A plan in the gold level shall provide a level of\ncoverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially\nequivalent to eighty percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits\nprovided under the plan; or\n (D) Platinum Level. A plan in the platinum level shall provide a level\nof coverage that is designed to provide benefits that are actuarially\nequivalent to ninety percent of the full actuarial value of the benefits\nprovided under the plan.\n (2) The superintendent may provide for a variation in the actuarial\nvalues used in determining the level of coverage of a plan to account\nfor the differences in actuarial estimates.\n (3) Every student accident and health insurance contract shall provide\ncoverage that meets at least sixty percent of the full actuarial value\nof the benefits provided under the contract. The contract's schedule of\nbenefits shall include the level as described in paragraph one of this\nsubsection nearest to, but below the actual actuarial value.\n (c) Every individual or group contract that provides hospital,\nsurgical, or medical expense coverage and is not a grandfathered health\nplan, and every student accident and health insurance contract shall\nlimit the insured's cost-sharing for in-network services in a contract\nyear to not more than the maximum out-of-pocket amount determined by the\nsuperintendent for all contracts subject to this section. Such amount\nshall not exceed any annual out-of-pocket limit on cost-sharing set by\nthe United States secretary of health and human services, if available.\n (d) The superintendent may require the use of model language\ndescribing the coverage requirements for any form that is subject to the\napproval of the superintendent pursuant to section four thousand three\nhundred eight of this article.\n (e) For purposes of this section:\n (1) "actuarial value" means the percentage of the total expected\npayments by the corporation
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