00                            HOUSE BILL NO. 251                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to health care navigators."                                                                            
02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
03    * Section 1. AS 21.54 is amended by adding a new section to read:                                                  
04                      Article 2A. Affordable Care Act.                                                                 
05            Sec. 21.54.200. Navigators. (a) The director may, consistent with P.L. 111-                                
06       148 (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) and P.L. 111-152 (Health Care and                                
07       Education Reconciliation Act of 2010), issue a cease and desist order or seek                                     
08       injunctive relief against a navigator for violating state or federal law pertaining to an                         
09       exchange.                                                                                                         
10            (b)  A navigator may not sell, solicit, or negotiate a policy of insurance.                                  
11            (c)  The director may, consistent with P.L. 111-148 (Patient Protection and                                  
12       Affordable Care Act) and P.L. 111-152 (Health Care and Education Reconciliation                                   
13       Act of 2010), adopt regulations to implement this section.                                                        
14            (d)  In this section,                                                                                        
15                 (1)  "exchange" means an exchange established or operated in the state                                  

01       by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and a health benefit                                
02       exchange or marketplace for health care insurance established under P.L. 111-148                                  
03       (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act) and P.L. 111-152 (Health Care and                                    
04       Education Reconciliation Act of 2010) and operated in the state;                                                  
05                 (2)  "navigator" means an entity established under 42 U.S.C. 18031(i).