N.Y. Public Health Law § 268-f: Marketplace advisory committee

§ 268-f. Marketplace advisory committee. 1. There is hereby created

the marketplace advisory committee, which shall consider and advise the

department and commissioner on matters concerning the provision of

health care coverage through the NY State of Health or Health Plan

Marketplace.

2. The marketplace advisory committee shall be composed of up to

twenty-eight members consisting of twenty-four members appointed by the

commissioner, two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and

two members appointed by the temporary president of the senate. The

advisory committee shall at all times be representative of each

geographic area of the state and include:

(a) representatives from the following categories, but not more than

six from any single category:

(i) health plan consumer advocates;

(ii) small business consumer representatives;

(iii) health care provider representatives;

(iv) representatives of the health insurance industry;

(b) representatives from the following categories, but not more than

two from either category:

(i) licensed insurance producers; and

(ii) representatives of labor organizations.

3. The commissioner shall select the chair of the advisory committee

from among the members of such committee and shall designate an officer

or employee of the department to assist the marketplace advisory

committee in the performance of its duties under this section. The

Marketplace shall adopt rules for the governance of the advisory

committee, which shall meet as frequently as its business may require

and at such other times as determined by the chair to be necessary, in

consultation with the executive director of the Marketplace.

4. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation

for their services as members, but each shall be allowed the necessary

and actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties

under this section.