RSA 126-Q:4 Assessment Determination.

I. The board shall determine an assessment for each assessable entity in accordance with this section, except that no assessment shall be made based on children excluded from assessable lives whose vaccines are paid for under the federal Vaccines for Children program, established under 42 U.S.C. section 1396s. An assessment determination made pursuant to this section is a pharmaceutical cost and not a regulatory cost for purposes of calculating the carrier's medical loss ratio.
II. In determining the assessment amount, the board shall:
(a) Estimate the total non-federal program cost for the succeeding year;
(b) Add its anticipated operating costs for the succeeding year and such additional working capital reserves as may be established by the board from time to tim