Oklahoma Code § 36-6941

Title 36. Insurance: Regulatory action level event - Definition - Duties of
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Insurance Commissioner - Challenge to adjusted RBC report or revised
RBC plan - Use of actuaries, investment experts and other
consultants.
A.  “Regulatory Action Level Event” means, with respect to a
health maintenance organization, any of the following events:
1.  The filing of an RBC report by the health maintenance
organization that indicates that the health maintenance
organization’s total adjusted capital is greater than or equal to
its Authorized Control Level RBC but less than its Regulatory Action
Level RBC;
2.  Notification by the Commissioner to a health maintenance
organization of an adjusted RBC report that indicates a Regulatory
Action Level Event specified in paragraph 1 of this subsection,
provided the health maintenance organization does not challenge the
adjusted RBC report under Section 44 of this act;
3.  If, pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 of this act,
the health maintenance organization challenges an adjusted RBC
report that indicates a Regulatory Action Level Event specified
event in paragraph 1 of this subsection, the notification by the
Commissioner to the health maintenance organization that the
Commissioner has, after a hearing, rejected the health maintenance
organization’s challenge;
4.  The failure of the health maintenance organization to file
an RBC report by the filing date, unless the health maintenance
organization has provided an explanation for the failure that is
satisfactory to the Commissioner and has corrected the failure
within ten (10) days after the filing date;
5.  The failure of the health maintenance organization to submit
an RBC plan to the Commissioner within the time period provided in
subsection C of Section 40 of this act;
6.  Notification by the Commissioner to the health maintenance
organization that:
a. the RBC plan or revised RBC plan submitted by the
health maintenance organization is, in the judgment of
the Commissioner, unsatisfactory, and
b. notification constitutes a Regulatory Action Level
Event with respect to the health maintenance
organization, provided the health maintenance

organization has not challenged the determination
under Section 44 of this act;
7.  If, pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 of this act,
the health maintenance organization challenges a determination by
the Commissioner under paragraph 6 of this subsection, the
notification by the Commissioner to the health maintenance
organization that the Commissioner has, after a hearing, rejected
the challenge;
8.  Notification by the Commissioner to the health maintenance
organization that the health maintenance organization has failed to
adhere to its RBC plan or revised RBC plan, but only if the failure
has a substantial adverse effect on the ability of the health
maintenance organization to eliminate the Company Action Level Event
in accordance with its RBC plan or revised RBC plan and the
Commissioner has so stated in the notification, provided the health
maintenance organization has not challenged the determination under
Section 44 of this act; or
9.  If, pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 of this act,
the health maintenance organization challenges a determination by
the Commissioner under paragraph 8 of this subsection, the
notification by the Commissioner to the health maintenance
organization that the Commissioner has, after a hearing, rejected
the challenge.
B.  In the event of a Regulatory Action Level Event the
Commissioner shall:
1.  Require the health maintenance organization to prepare and
submit an RBC plan or, if applicable, a revised RBC plan;
2.  Perform such examination or analysis of the assets,
liabilities and operations of the health maintenance organization as
the Commissioner deems necessary, including a review of the HMO’s
RBC plan or revised RBC plan; and
3.  Subsequent to the examination or analysis, issue a
corrective order specifying such corrective actions as the
Commissioner shall determine are required.
C.  In determining corrective actions, the Commissioner may take
into account factors the Commissioner deems relevant with respect to
the health maintenance organization based upon the Commissioner’s
examination or analysis of the assets, liabilities and operations of
the health maintenance organization including, but not limited to,
the results of any sensitivity tests undertaken pursuant to the RBC
instructions.  The RBC plan or revised RBC plan shall be submitted:
1.  Within forty-five (45) days after the occurrence of the
Regulatory Action Level Event;
2.  If the health maintenance organization challenges an
adjusted RBC report pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 of this
act and the challenge is not frivolous, in the judgment of the
Commissioner, within forty-five (45) days after the notification to

the health maintenance organization that the Commissioner has, after
a hearing, rejected the health maintenance organization’s challenge;
or
3.  If the health maintenance organization challenges a revised
RBC plan pursuant to the provisions of Section 44 of this act and
the challenge is not frivolous, in the judgment of the Commissioner,
within forty-five (45) days after the notification to the health
maintenance organization that the Commissioner has, after a hearing,
rejected the health maintenance organization’s challenge.
D.  The Commissioner may retain such actuaries, investment
experts and other consultants as may be necessary, in the judgment
of the Commissioner, to review the health maintenance organization’s
RBC plan or revised RBC plan, examine or analyze the assets,
liabilities and operations, including contractual relationships of
the health maintenance organization, and formulate the corrective
order with respect to the health maintenance organization.  The
fees, costs and expenses relating to consultants shall be borne by
the affected health maintenance organization or such other party as
directed by the Commissioner.

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