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urn: urn:us-la:rs:22:2471
citation: "R.S. 22:2471"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 22 › Chapter 20 › Part I"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2018, number: 684, section: 1, effective_date: 2018-05-30, role: enactment }
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# Authority of the commissioner

The commissioner may apply on behalf of the state of Louisiana for a state innovation waiver pursuant to Section 1332 of Public Law 111-148, 42 U.S.C. 18052, and establish and implement a reinsurance program administered pursuant to the state innovation waiver. No reinsurance program authorized by this Section shall be created until the application for a state innovation waiver is approved by the appropriate departments or agencies of the federal government.