Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-55-.01
The federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act creates health insurance exchanges that operate in Tennessee under federal law and employ navigators or certified application counselors whose federally designated and certified role will be to facilitate individuals' and companies' enrollment in qualified health plans offered through such exchanges. The federal government has a system for designating and certifying such individuals and companies. Tennessee Public Acts 2013, ch. 377 reflects the intent of the legislature that licensing and regulation of such navigators and certified application counselors is necessary and in the best interest of the people of Tennessee, to ensure that they are trained and knowledgeable in the subject matter of individual and group health insurance plans and insurance coverage, and to avoid substantial risk to the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of this state. Therefore the Department is hereby creating a registration program to identify and regulate the activity of navigators and certified application counselors in order to appropriately regulate their activity in this State. Individuals or companies who are not actually certified by the United States Department of Health and Human Services as navigators, navigator entities, certified application counselor organizations or certified application counselors or are not required by federal law and regulations to be certified as navigators, navigator entities, certified application counselor organizations or certified application counselors are not required to be registered by this Chapter.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0780-01-55-.01
Authority: Tenn. Public Acts 2013, ch. 377, T.C.A. §§ 56-2-301 and 56-6-1301 through 56-6-1305, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148 as amended by Public Law 111-152 (2010).