Title VI, SEC. 6131. EMPLOYER PREMIUM PAYMENT REQUIRED. 
      (a) Per Employee Premium Payment. Subject to section 6124, each corporate 
    alliance employer of a corporate alliance that in a month in a year employs 
    a qualifying employee who is 

        (1) enrolled in a corporate alliance health plan offered by the 
      alliance, shall provide for a payment toward the premium for the plan in 
      an amount at least equal to the corporate employer premium specified in 
      subsection (b); or 

        (2) is not so enrolled, shall make employer premium payments with 
      respect to such employment under subpart A in the same manner as if the 
      employer were a regional alliance employer (except as otherwise provided 
      in such subpart). 

      (b) Corporate Employer Premium. 

        (1) Amount. 

          (A) In general. Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amount of 
        the corporate employer premium for a month in a year for a class of 
        family enrollment for a family residing in a premium area (established 
        under section 1364(b)) is 80 percent of the weighted average monthly 
        premium of the corporate alliance health plans offered by the corporate 
        alliance for that class of enrollment for families residing in that 
        area. 

          (B) Application to self-insured plans. In applying this paragraph in 
        the case of one or more corporate alliance health plans that are 
        self-insured plans 

            (i) the ``premium'' for the plan is the actuarial equivalent of 
          such premium, based upon the methodology  (or such other consistent 
          methodology) used under section 6021(a) (relating to application of 
          cost containment to corporate alliance health plans), and 

            (ii) the premium amount, for different classes and, if applicable, 
          for different premium areas, shall be computed in a manner based on 
          such factors as may bear a reasonable relationship to costs for the 
          provision of the comprehensive benefit package to the different 
          classes in such areas. 

            The Secretary of Labor shall establish rules to carry out this 
          subparagraph. 

        (2) Low-wage employees. In the case of a low-wage employee entitled to 
      a premium discount under section 6104(a)(2), the amount of the employer 
      premium payment for a month in a year for a class of family enrollment 
      shall be increased by the amount of such premium discount. 

      (c) Determinations. 

        (1) Basis. Determinations under this section shall be made based on 
      such information as the Secretary of Labor shall specify. 

        (2) Timing. Determinations of the monthly premiums under this section 
      for months in a year shall be made not later than December 1 of the 
      previous year.