TITLE 14. INSURANCE
TITLE 14. INSURANCE
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
Final Regulation
REGISTRAR'S NOTICE: The State Corporation Commission is claiming an exemption from the Administrative Process Act in accordance with § 2.2-4002 A 2 of the Code of Virginia, which exempts courts, any agency of the Supreme Court, and any agency that by the Constitution is expressly granted any of the powers of a court of record.
Titles of Regulations: 14VAC5-150. Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Medicare Program Revisions (repealing 14VAC5-150-10 through 14VAC5-150-80).
14VAC5-160. Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (repealing 14VAC5-160-10 through 14VAC5-160-110).
Statutory Authority: §§ 12.1-13, 38.2-223, and 38.2-3608 of the Code of Virginia.
Effective Date: October 1, 2026.
Agency Contact: Jackie Myers, Chief Insurance Market Examiner, Bureau of Insurance, State Corporation Commission, P.O. Box 1157, Richmond, VA 23218, telephone (804) 371-9630, or email jackie.myers@scc.virginia.gov.
Summary:
Chapters 150 and 160 of Title 14 of the Virginia Administrative Code (14 VAC 5-150-10 et seq. and 14 VAC 5-160-10 et seq.) are now obsolete.
Summary:
The amendments repeal Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Medicare Program Revisions (14VAC5-150) and Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (14VAC5-160), which are obsolete.
AT RICHMOND, SEPTEMBER 8, 2026
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, ex rel.
STATE CORPORATION COMMISSION
CASE NO. INS-2026-00042
Ex Parte: In the matter of Repealing the Rules
Governing the Conversion of Medicare Supplement
Insurance Benefits and Premiums
ORDER REPEALING REGULATIONS
On May 19, 2026, the State Corporation Commission (Commission) entered an Order Establishing Proceeding (Order) regarding a proposal by the Bureau of Insurance (Bureau) to repeal Chapters 150 and 160 of Title 14 of the Virginia Administrative Code, 14VAC5-150-10 et seq. and 14VAC5-160-10 et seq., entitled, respectively, "Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Medicare Program Revisions," and "Rules to Implement Transitional Requirements for the Conversion of Medicare Supplement Insurance Benefits and Premiums to Conform to Repeal of the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act" (collectively, Rules).
The Bureau recommended the repeal because the Rules have been superseded by Chapter 170 of Title 14 of the Virginia Administrative Code and therefore are now obsolete.
The Order, together with the proposal to repeal the Rules, was sent to all carriers licensed in Virginia to write Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies or Certificates, other interested persons as designated by the Bureau, and to the Office of the Virginia Attorney General's Division of Consumer Counsel (Consumer Counsel). In addition, the Order was published in the Virginia Register of Regulations on June 15, 2026. Licensees, Consumer Counsel, and other interested parties were afforded the opportunity to file written comments and/or request a hearing on or before July 31, 2026. No comments or requests for a hearing on the proposed repeal of the Rules were filed with the Clerk of the Commission.
NOW THE COMMISSION, having considered this matter, concludes that the Rules should be repealed effective October 1, 2026.
Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) The Rules, which are attached hereto and made a part hereof, are REPEALED effective October 1, 2026.
(2) The Bureau shall provide notice of this Order Repealing Regulations to all carriers licensed in Virginia to write Medicare Supplement Insurance Policies or Certificates and to any other interested persons as the Bureau may designate.
(3) The Commission's Office of General Counsel shall provide a copy of this Order Repealing Regulations, together with the attached repealed Rules, to the Virginia Registrar of Regulations for publication in the Virginia Register of Regulations.
(4) Interested persons may download unofficial copies of this Order Repealing Regulations from the Commission's website: https://www.scc.virginia.gov/case-information.
(5) This case is dismissed.
A COPY hereof shall be sent by the Clerk of the Commission to: John E. Farmer, Jr.,
Senior Assistant Attorney General, jfarmer@oag.state.va.us, Office of the Attorney General,
Division of Consumer Counsel, 202 North 9th Street, 8th Floor, Richmond, Virginia
23219-3424; and the Commission's Office of General Counsel and the Bureau of Insurance in care of Deputy Commissioner Julie Blauvelt.
VA.R. Doc. No. R26-8658; Filed September 14, 2026