Committees & Activities

Regulatory Framework (B) Task Force
Health Insurance and Managed Care (B) Committee

2012 Charges

The mission of the Regulatory Framework (B) Task Force is to develop NAIC model acts and regulations for state health care initiatives, and consider policy issues affecting state health insurance regulation.

Ongoing Maintenance of NAIC Programs, Products or Services

  1. Coordinate and develop the provision of technical assistance to the states regarding state level implementation issues raised by federal health legislation and regulations.—Essential

  2. Monitor the activities of the ERISA (B) Working Group and its charges to do the following:

    •  Monitor, report, and analyze developments related to ERISA, and make recommendations regarding NAIC strategy and policy with respect to those developments.—Essential

    • Review the NAIC’s ERISA Handbook and modify as necessary to reflect developments related to ERISA. Report annually.—Important

    •  Review and revise the Stop Loss Insurance Model Act (#92) to take into account medical inflation.—Important
  1. Review managed health care reforms, their delivery systems occurring in the marketplace, and other forms of health care delivery; recommend appropriate revisions to regulatory jurisdiction, authority and structures. —Important

  2. Consider the development of new NAIC model laws and regulations and the revision of existing NAIC modellaws and regulations affected by federal legislation and final federal regulations promulgated pursuant to such legislation.—Essential

  3. Review and revise, as necessary, the Coordination of Benefits Model Regulation (#120) to address issues related to medical benefits coverage in automobile “no fault” and traditional automobile “fault” type contracts and, as provided in section 2714 of the Public Health Service Act (PHSA), the extension of dependent coverage to age 26.—Important

Conference Call Calendar

A full list of NAIC conference calls & interim meetings is available on the NAIC Conference Call Calendar.

Advance Materials

There are no advance materials at this time.

exposure drafts
documents and resources

Draft Group Health Insurance Coverage Model Act

Related NAIC Publications
Minutes for the four most recent NAIC National Meetings are available free for meeting attendees and members. Members may access minutes via StateNet. If you do not know your User ID or password, please contact the NAIC Help Desk.

An Exploration of Potential Regulatory Measures Intended to Prevent Individuals at Later Durations of Non-Group Major Medical Products from Receiving Higher Rate Increases than Those at Early Durations White Paper

Compendium of State Laws on Insurance Topics
ERISA: Barrier to Health Care Consumers' Rights
Health and Welfare Plans Under ERISA
Model Laws, Regulations and Guidelines
Contacts
Media queries should be directed to the NAIC Communications Division at 816-783-8909 or news@naic.org.
Jolie H. Matthews
Senior Health Policy Advisor & Counsel
Phone: 202-471-3982
Fax: 816-460-7818
Jennifer R. Cook
Senior Health Policy & Legislative Analyst & Counsel
Phone: 202-471-3986
Fax: 816-460-7483
Please see the current Committee List for a complete list of committee members.