---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 403.220"
title: "42"
number: "403.220"
heading: "Supplemental Health Insurance Panel."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/403.220"
---

# §403.220. Supplemental Health Insurance Panel.

- (a) **Membership.** The Supplemental Health Insurance Panel (Panel) consists of—
  - (1) The Secretary or a designee, who serves as chairperson, and
  - (2) **Four State Commissioners or Superintendents of Insurance appointed by the President.** (The terms Commissioner or Superintendent of Insurance include persons of similar rank.)
- (b) **Functions.**
  - (1) The Panel determines whether or not a State regulatory program for Medicare supplemental health insurance policies meets and continues to meet minimum requirements specified in [section 1882](/cfr/42/1882.md) of the Social Security Act.
  - (2) The chairperson of the Panel informs the State Commissioners and Superintendents of Insurance of all determinations made under [paragraph (b)(1)](#b-1) of this section.

## Notes

### Source

Source: 47 FR 32400, July 26, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302 and 1395hh.