{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-080","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 304.17A-080","heading":"Health Insurance Advisory Council -- Powers -- Duties -- Members --","body":"Expenses and supplies.\n(1) There is hereby created and established a Health Insurance Advisory Council whose\nduties shall be to review and discuss with the commissioner any  issues which\nimpact the provision of health insurance in the state. The advisory council shall\nconsist of ten (10) members: the commissioner plus nine (9) persons appointed by\nthe Governor with the advice of the commissioner to serve two (2) year terms. T he\ncommissioner shall serve as chair of the advisory council.\n(2) The nine (9) persons appointed by the Governor with the advice of the\ncommissioner shall be:\n(a) Two (2) representatives of insurers currently offering health benefit plans in\nthe state;\n(b) Two (2) practicing health care providers;\n(c) Two (2) representatives of purchasers of health benefit plans;\n(d) Two (2) representatives of agents; and\n(e) One (1) representative from the Division of Health Benefit Exchange.\n(3) The council shall:\n(a) Review and discuss the design of the standard health benefit plan;\n(b) Review and discuss the rate-filing process for all health benefit plans;\n(c) Review and discuss the administrative regulations concerning this subtitle to\nbe promulgated by the department;\n(d) Make recommendations on high-cost conditions as provided in KRS 304.17B-\n033;\n(e) Review and discuss issues that impact Kentucky Access; and\n(f) Review and discuss other issues at the request of the commissioner.\n(4) The advisory council shall be a budgetary unit of the department which shall pay all\nof the advisory council's necessary operating expenses and shall furnish all office\nspace, personnel, equipment, supplies, and technical or administrative services\nrequired by the advisory council in the performance of the functions established in\nthis section.","path":[],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=48810","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:57:46Z","sha256":"a26129b7f6d275ec4f81928a1a3b5ace2dbe443cab8decc25ba233710e9b9e69","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-071","next":"us-ky/krs-304.17a-090"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}