SDCL § 58-17-75: Promulgation of rules for rates charged for individual health benefit plans.

The director shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to ensure that rating practices used by carriers are consistent with the purposes of §§ 58-17-66 to 58-17-87, inclusive, including rules that ensure that differences in rates charged for individual health benefit plans by carriers are reasonable, and reflect objective differences in plan design, age, and gender of the insured.