Health insurance affordability board - creation - membership - powers and duties - subject to open meetings and public records laws - annual report - commissioner rules

(1) (a) There is hereby created the health insurance affordability board, which board is responsible for governance of the enterprise established in this part 12. The board consists of the following eleven voting members:

(I) The executive director of the exchange or the executive director's designee;

(II) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee; and

(III) Nine members appointed by the governor, with the consent of the senate, as follows:

(A) One member who is employed by a carrier;

(B) One member who is a representative of a statewide association of health benefit plans;

(C) One member representing primary care health care providers who does not represent a carrier;

(D) Three members who are consumers of health care who are not representatives or employees of a hospital, carrier, or other health care industry entity. To the extent possible, the governor shall ensure that the consumer members of the board are individuals who lack affordable offers of coverage from their employers and otherwise struggle to afford to purchase health insurance.

(E) One member who represents a health care advocacy organization;

(F) One member who is a representative of a business that purchases or otherwise provides health insurance for its employees; and

(G) One member who represents a rural, critical access, or independent hospital.