### Question
How is the term NAIC Model Standards defined?


### Answer
The term **NAIC Model Standards** is defined in *42 U.S.C. § 1395ss* as the following:

> the “NAIC Model Regulation to Implement the Individual Accident and Sickness Insurance Minimum Standards Act”, adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners on June 6, 1979, as it applies to medicare supplement [2](#1395ss_2_target) policies

#### Citation:
  - *42 U.S.C. § 1395ss*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 6-THE CHILDREN'S BUREAU > SUBCHAPTER XVIII-HEALTH INSURANCE FOR AGED AND DISABLED > Part C-Miscellaneous Provisions**

