I. The commissioner shall make an examination of the affairs of any health maintenance organization and providers with whom such organization has contracts, agreements, or other arrangements as often as he or she deems it necessary, but not less frequently than once in every 5 years. All examinations shall be conducted at the expense of the health maintenance organizations.
II. Every health maintenance organization and provider shall submit its books and records relating its operation to such examinations and in every way facilitate them. For the purpose of examinations, the commissioner may issue subpoenas, administer oaths to, and examine the officers and agents of the health maintenance organization.