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Comparing Health Care Quality: A National Directory - Online Resource by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation



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Status of Health Insurance Marketplaces
  • State Based Marketplace
  • State-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)
  • Federally-Facilitated Marketplace



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StateStatus of Health Insurance MarketplacesDetails
AlabamaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
AlaskaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
ArizonaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
ArkansasState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)

A.C.A. § 23-61-803Establishes the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace as a nonprofit legal entity to be established by the federal government. 

CaliforniaState Based Marketplace

Cal. Gov. Code § 100500:  Establishes the California Health Benefit Exchange within the state as an independent, public entity. 

ColoradoState Based Marketplace

C.R.S.A. § 10-22-104:  Establishes the Colorado Health Benefit Exchange within the state as a public entity.

ConnecticutState Based Marketplace

C.G.S.A. § 38a-1081:  Establishes the Connecticut Health Insurance Exchange as a nonprofit corporation not to be construed as a department or agency of the state.

DelawareState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)
District of ColumbiaState Based Marketplace

DC ST § 31-3171.02:  Establishes the DC Health Benefit Authority as an independent authority of the DC Government,  housed within the DC Department of Health Care Finance

FloridaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
GeorgiaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
HawaiiState Based Marketplace

H.R.S. § 435H-2:  Establishes the Hawaii Health Insurance Exchange, called the Hawaii Health Connector, as a nonprofit corporation. 

IdahoState Based Marketplace

I.C. § 41-6104:  Establishes the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange as a nonprofit, independent body that operates under the supervision of a Board.

IllinoisState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)

215 ILCS 122/5-5:  Establishes the Illinois Health Benefit Exchange as a state-federal partnership, where the state will retain plan management and consumer assistance functions. 

IndianaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
IowaState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)
KansasFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
KentuckyState Based Marketplace

900 KY. Admin. Regs. 10:010E:  Establishes the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange within the Cabinet of Health and Family Services by Executive Order by Governor Beshear.

LouisianaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
MaineFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
MarylandState Based Marketplace

MD Code Insurance § 31-102:  Establishes the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange as a corporation. 

MassachusettsState Based Marketplace

M.G.L.A. 176Q §2Establishes the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector as an independent public entity.

MichiganState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)
MinnesotaState Based Marketplace

M.S.A. § 62V.03:  Establishes the Minnesota Insurance Marketplace as a state agency.

MississippiFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
MissouriFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
MontanaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
NebraskaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
NevadaState Based Marketplace

N.R.S. § 695I.200:  Establishes the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange within the state.

New HampshireState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420:N-7The law prohibits any state agency or entity in the state of New Hampshire from creating or participating in a state-based health insurance exchange.  However, state agencies may interact with the federal government to create a federally-facilitated exchange for the state
 
N.H. Rev. Stat. § 420:N-8:  The law requires that if a federally-facilitated exchange is established in New Hampshire, that the Insurance Commissioner retain its authority, including licensing of producers/carriers, rate approval, reinsurance, network adequacy, grievance standards, and unfair trade practices, for products sold on the exchange.

 

New JerseyFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
New MexicoState Based Marketplace

N.M.S.A. § 59A-23F-3The law establishes the New Mexico Health Insurance Exchange as a nonprofit public corporation within the state. 

New YorkState Based Marketplace

9 NYCRR § 8.42This Executive Order was issued by Governor Cuomo to establish the New York Health Benefit Exchange within the New York Department of Health. 

North CarolinaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
North DakotaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
OhioFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
OklahomaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
OregonState Based Marketplace

O.R.S. § 741.001Establishes the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation as a public corporation performing government functions.

PennsylvaniaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
Rhode IslandState Based Marketplace

RI Executive Order No. 11-09: Rhode Island Governor Lincoln Chafee signed an Executive Order, establishing the Rhode Island Health Benefit Exchange within the Executive Department.

South CarolinaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
South DakotaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
TennesseeFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
TexasFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
UtahState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)

U.C.A. § 63M-1-2504Utah has created an Office of Consumer Health Services within the Governor’s Office of Economic Development, which has created a Health Insurance Exchange for small businesses, which the state regulates.  The federal government will establish and run the individual marketplace in the state. 

VermontState Based Marketplace

33 V.S.A. § 1803The Department of Vermont Access must establish the Vermont Health Benefit Exchange, to be administered by the Department and an advisory committee.

VirginiaFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
WashingtonState Based Marketplace

R.C.W. § 43.71.020Establishes the Washington Health Benefit Exchange as a public-private partnership, separate and distinct from the state.

West VirginiaState-Federal Partnership Marketplace (State conducts plan management and consumer assistance)

W. Va. Code § 33-16G-3:  Establishes the West Virginia Health Benefit Exchange within the Office of the Insurance Commissioner, as a state entity.  The Exchange must obtain federal funding and be recognized as an exchange under the federal law.

WisconsinFederally-Facilitated Marketplace
WyomingFederally-Facilitated Marketplace

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