---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 155.130"
title: "45"
number: "155.130"
heading: "Stakeholder consultation."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/155.130"
---

# §155.130. Stakeholder consultation.


The Exchange must regularly consult on an ongoing basis with the following stakeholders:

- (a) Educated health care consumers who are enrollees in QHPs;
- (b) Individuals and entities with experience in facilitating enrollment in health coverage;
- (c) Advocates for enrolling hard to reach populations, which include individuals with mental health or substance abuse disorders;
- (d) Small businesses and self-employed individuals;
- (e) State Medicaid and CHIP agencies;
- (f) Federally-recognized Tribes, as defined in the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994, [25 U.S.C. 479a](/usc/25/479a.md), that are located within such Exchange's geographic area;
- (g) Public health experts;
- (h) Health care providers;
- (i) Large employers;
- (j) Health insurance issuers; and
- (k) **Agents and brokers.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024, 18031-18033, 18041-18042, 18051, 18054, 18071, and 18081-18083.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 11718, Feb. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.