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administration of health benefit plans.<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002The board may contract with carriers for health benefit plans or approve health benefit plans offered by employee organizations, provided that the carriers have operated successfully in the hospital and medical care fields prior to the contracting for or approval thereof. \u2002The plans may include hospital benefits, surgical benefits, inpatient medical benefits, outpatient benefits, obstetrical benefits, and benefits offered by a bona fide church, sect, denomination, or organization whose principles include healing entirely by prayer or spiritual means.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may contract with health benefit plans offering unique or specialized health services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002The board may administer self-funded or minimum premium health benefit plans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002The board may contract for or implement employee cost containment and cost reduction incentive programs that involve the employee, the annuitant, and family members as active participants, along with the carrier and the provider, in a joint effort toward containing and reducing the cost of providing medical and hospital health care services to public employees. \u2002In developing these plans, the board, in cooperation with the Department of Human Resources, may request proposals from carriers and certified public employee representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(f)\u2002Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the board may do any of the following:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002Contract for, or approve, health benefit plans that charge a contracting agency and its employees and annuitants rates based on regional variations in the costs of health care services.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002Contract for, or approve, health benefit plans exclusively for the employees and annuitants of contracting agencies. \u2002State employees and annuitants may not enroll in these plans. \u2002The board may provide health benefit plans exclusively for employees and annuitants of contracting agencies in addition to or in lieu of other health benefit plans offered under this part pursuant to\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22922\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002Implement and administer risk adjustment procedures consistent with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 22864\u00a0<\/span>that require health benefit plans to adjust premiums and authorize the system to redistribute premiums based on rules and regulations established by the board for this purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<div 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