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(3) RESTRICTIONS ON PREMIUM INCREASES. 1

The issuer cannot vary the percentage increase in 2
the premium for a risk group of enrollees in specific 3
grandfathered health insurance coverage without 4
changing the premium for all enrollees in the same 5
risk group at the same rate, as specified by the 6
Commissioner. 7
(b) GRACE PERIOD FOR CURRENT EMPLOYMENT- 8
BASED HEALTH PLANS. 9
(1) GRACE PERIOD. 10
(A) IN GENERAL.The Commissioner 11
shall establish a grace period whereby, for plan 12
years beginning after the end of the 5-year pe- 13
riod beginning with Y1, an employment-based 14
health plan in operation as of the day before 15
the first day of Y1 must meet the same require- 16
ments as apply to a qualified health benefits 17
plan under section 101, including the essential 18
benefit package requirement under section 121. 19
(B) EXCEPTION FOR LIMITED BENEFITS 20
PLANS.Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to 21
an employment-based health plan in which the 22
coverage consists only of one or more of the fol- 23
lowing: 24
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