12VAC5-408-40: Fees

A. The center shall collect a fee for each initial application and each renewal application. MCHIP licensees with multiple plans wishing to submit a separate application for each plan must include the appropriate fee for each application. Fees shall accompany the application and are not refundable.

B. Fees shall be sufficient to cover reasonable costs for the administration of the quality assurance program.

C. Fees shall be based upon a percentage, not to exceed 1/10 of 1.0%, of the proportion of direct gross premium income on business done in this Commonwealth attributable to the operation of managed care health insurance plans in the preceding biennium not to exceed $10,000 per plan submitted by the licensee for separate certification.

After July 2000, applicants proposing to offer MCHIP plans in the Commonwealth shall be assessed a flat fee of $5,000 for the initial application for a certificate of quality assurance.