<html> <head> <title>Rule 20:06:22:29 Rating area.</title> <META NAME="Keywords" Content="Administrative Rules 20:06:22:29"> <META NAME="Description" Content="Administrative Rules 20:06:22:29 Rating area."> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered)"> <style> <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:justify; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:#954F72; text-decoration:underline;} .MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt; color:black;} @page WordSection1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --> </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"> <div class=WordSection1> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>20:06:22:29.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rating area.</b> No health insurance issuer may vary rates based on geographical location in this state except as permitted by this section. The rating areas are on a county basis and are as follows:</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Harding, Butte, Perkins, Ziebach, Haakon, Jackson, Bennett, Oglala Lakota, Fall River, Custer, Pennington, Lawrence, Meade, Jones, Mellette, and Todd;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Lake, Moody, McCook, Minnehaha, Turner, Lincoln, Clay, and Union;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Walworth, Potter, McPherson, Edmunds, Faulk, Brown, Spink, Marshall, Roberts, Day, Grant, Codington, Clark, Hamlin, Deuel, Brookings, Kingsbury, and Beadle; and</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (4)&nbsp;&nbsp;Sully, Hughes, Hyde, Hand, Buffalo, Jerauld, Sanborn, Lyman, Miner, Brule, Aurora, Davison, Hanson, Douglas, Charles Mix, Hutchinson, Bon Homme, Stanley, Tripp, Gregory, and Yankton.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Nothing in this section requires a health insurance issuer to use a different geographic rating factor for each rating area. A health insurance issuer may assign the same rating band for any or all of the rating areas specified in this section.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Source:</b> 39 SDR 203, effective June 10, 2013; SL 2015, ch 56, &#167;&nbsp;1, effective May 1, 2015; 44 SDR 184, effective June 25, 2018.</p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>General Authority:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-4.2">58-17-4.2</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-87">58-17-87</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-18">58-18B-18</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-36">58-18B-36.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Law Implemented:</b> SDCL <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-74.1">58-17-74.1</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-17-87">58-17-87</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-18">58-18B-18</A>, <A HREF="/statutes/DisplayStatute.aspx?Type=Statute&Statute=58-18B-36">58-18B-36.</A></p> <p class=MsoNormal>&nbsp;</p> </div> </body> </html>