Title I, SEC. 1341. INFORMATION AND NEGOTIATION AND ACCEPTANCE OF BIDS. (a) Information Provided to Plans Before Soliciting Bids. (1) In general. Each regional alliance shall make available, by April 1 of each year, to each plan that indicates an interest in submitting a premium bid under section 6004 in the year, information (including information described in paragraph (2)) that the Board specifies as being necessary to enable a plan to estimate, based upon an accepted bid, the amounts payable to such a plan under section 1351. (2) Information to be included. Such information shall include the following: (A) The demographic and other characteristics of regional alliance eligible individuals for the regional alliance. (B) The uniform per capita conversion factor for the regional alliance (established under subsection (b)). (C) The premium class factors (established by the Board under section 1531). (D) The regional alliance inflation factor (determined under section 6001(a)). (E) The risk-adjustment factors and reinsurance methodology and payment amounts (published under subsection (c)) to be used by the regional alliance in computing blended plan per capita rates (in accordance with section 6201). (F) The plan bid proportion, the AFDC proportion, the SSI proportion, the AFDC per capita premium amount, and the SSI per capita premium amount, for the year, as computed under subtitle D of title VI. (G) The alliance administrative allowance percentage, computed under section 1352(b). (b) Determination of Uniform Per Capita Conversion Factor. Each regional alliance shall specify, not later than April 1 of each year (beginning with the year before the first year) a uniform per capita conversion factor to be used under section 6102(a)(2) in converting the accepted bid for each plan for the year into the premium for an individual enrollment for such plan for the year. SSI or AFDC recipients shall not be included for purposes of computing the conversion factor. (c) Determination of Risk-Adjustment Factors and Reinsurance Payment Amounts. Each regional alliance shall compute and publish the risk-adjustment factors and reinsurance payment amounts to be used by the regional alliance in computing blended plan per capita rates under section 6201. (d) Solicitation of Bids. Each regional alliance shall solicit and negotiate, consistent with section 6004, with each regional alliance health plan a bid for the payment rate on a per capita basis for the comprehensive benefit package for all alliance eligible individuals in the alliance area.