(a) The center shall promulgate regulations necessary to ensure the uniform reporting of information from private and public health care payers, including third-party administrators, that enables the center to analyze:

1. (1) changes over time in health insurance premium levels;
2. (2) changes in the benefit and cost-sharing design of plans offered by these payers;

3. (3) changes in measures of plan cost and utilization; provided that this analysis shall facilitate comparison among plans and between public and private payers; and (4) changes in type of payment methods implemented by payers and the number of members covered by alternative payment methodologies; provided, however, that this analysis shall facilitate comparison among plans and plan types, including the self-insured. The center shall adopt regulations to require private and public health care payers to submit claims data, member data and provider data to develop and maintain a database of health care claims data under this chapter.

   [Subsection (b) applicable to all dental benefit plans issued, made effective, delivered or renewed on or after January 1, 2024.]