689C.960 - Creation; members; term; vacancy.
689C.960 Creation; members; term; vacancy.
1. The Committee on Health Benefit Plans is hereby created consisting of eight members. The Commissioner shall appoint to the Committee representatives of carriers, small employers and eligible employees, eligible persons, health care providers, producers and third-party administrators.
2. Members of the Committee serve without compensation, but while engaged in the business of the Committee, each member is entitled to receive the per diem allowance or travel expenses provided for state officers and employees generally, to be paid from the proceeds of the assessments received by the Program of Reinsurance as an administrative expense of the Program of Reinsurance.
3. After the initial term, the term of each appointed member is 3 years. Members may be reappointed. A member may be removed from the Committee by the Commissioner for good cause shown.
4. At the expiration of the term of a member, or if the member resigns or is otherwise unable to complete his or her term, the Commissioner shall appoint a replacement not later than 30 days after the vacancy occurs.
(Added to NRS by 1997, 2938)