For legislation to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals. The subscriber contracts, rates and evidence of coverage for health benefit plans shall be subject to the disapproval of the commissioner of insurance. To promote health equity and access through commercial rate equity for high Medicaid safety net acute hospitals that predominantly serve communities that experience health disparities as a result of race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status or other status, for all commercial insured health benefit plan rates effective for rate years on and after January 1, 2021, the carrier’s health benefit plan rates filed with the division of insurance are considered presumptively disapproved if the carrier’s network provider reimbursement rates, inclusive of rates and targets within re-based alternative payment contracts, do not reimburse high Medicaid acute hospitals, defined as acute care hospitals with a fiscal year 2018 Medicaid payer mix at or above 25 per cent, at or greater than the carrier’s statewide average commercial relative price calculated separately for acute hospital inpatient and outpatient services in accordance with requirements established by the division of insurance, based on the most recent relative price analysis by the center for health information and analysis.