NOTICE OF PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD
1307 Group Coordination Benefits (Formerly Regulation 61)
INSURANCE COMMISSIONER MATTHEW DENN hereby gives notice of a proposed change to Regulation 1307 relating to Group Coordination Benefits. The docket number for this proposed amendment is 383.
The proposed change to the regulation provides that, upon the request of either parent of a dependent child, a carrier shall provide an insurance card to the requesting parent and that if the benefits are not assigned and would be paid to an individual other than the provider, the carrier shall issue the benefits to the parent who sought the treatment for the dependent child. The regulation will also contain non-substantive changes to the numbering of the sections and non-substantive wording changes for better clarity. The proposed amendment can also be viewed at the Delaware Insurance Commissioner’s website at: http://www.state.de.us/inscom/departments/documents/ProposedRegs/ProposedRegs.shtml.
The Department of Insurance does not plan to hold a public hearing on the proposed changes. Any person can file written comments, suggestions, briefs, and compilations of data or other materials concerning the proposed amendment. Any written submission in response to this notice and relevant to the proposed change must be received by the Department of Insurance no later than 4:30 p.m., Wednesday May 2, 2007, and should be addressed to Deputy Attorney General Michael J. Rich, c/o Delaware Department of Insurance, 841 Silver Lake Boulevard, Dover, DE 19904, or sent by fax to 302.739.5566 or email to michael.rich@state.de.us.