Marketplace advisory committee

§ 268-f. Marketplace advisory committee. 1. There is hereby created\nthe marketplace advisory committee, which shall consider and advise the\ndepartment and commissioner on matters concerning the provision of\nhealth care coverage through the NY State of Health or Health Plan\nMarketplace.\n 2. The marketplace advisory committee shall be composed of up to\ntwenty-eight members consisting of twenty-four members appointed by the\ncommissioner, two members appointed by the speaker of the assembly, and\ntwo members appointed by the temporary president of the senate. The\nadvisory committee shall at all times be representative of each\ngeographic area of the state and include:\n (a) representatives from the following categories, but not more than\nsix from any single category:\n (i) health plan consumer advocates;\n (ii) small business consumer representatives;\n (iii) health care provider representatives;\n (iv) representatives of the health insurance industry;\n (b) representatives from the following categories, but not more than\ntwo from either category:\n (i) licensed insurance producers; and\n (ii) representatives of labor organizations.\n 3. The commissioner shall select the chair of the advisory committee\nfrom among the members of such committee and shall designate an officer\nor employee of the department to assist the marketplace advisory\ncommittee in the performance of its duties under this section. The\nMarketplace shall adopt rules for the governance of the advisory\ncommittee, which shall meet as frequently as its business may require\nand at such other times as determined by the chair to be necessary, in\nconsultation with the executive director of the Marketplace.\n 4. Members of the advisory committee shall serve without compensation\nfor their services as members, but each shall be allowed the necessary\nand actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties\nunder this section.\n