![]() ![]() ![]() The rule, known as the Medicare Marketing Rule, was finalized in May of 2022 it made significant changes to existing marketing requirements for Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D plans. PIA has been vocal in our opposition to a final rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) that makes changes to the Medicare Program. Opposition to Burdensome Medicare Rule on Agents How you can help: Take action by clicking here to urge the 117 th Congress to pass the SAFE Banking Act during the lame-duck session. PIA supports pairing SAFE Banking with other legislative efforts that would attract the needed bipartisan support for its passage. Given the change in party control in the House, it is unclear whether McCarthy and the rest of the GOP leadership will prioritize this issue in the new Congress. The current lame-duck session is the 117 th Congress’s last chance to get the SAFE Banking Act over the finish line before the 118 th Congress begins with House Speaker-elect Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) at the helm. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), who have been withholding their support for it because they hoped to make it part of a broader criminal justice reform package. ![]() Each time, the legislation has stalled because of strong opposition from Senate Democrats, including Sen. The SAFE Banking Act has broad support and passed the House, on its own or as part of other legislative packages, four times just during this Congress. Initially conceived as a banking-specific bill, the current SAFE Banking Act includes insurance provisions meant to protect agents, brokers, and insurers. The SAFE Banking Act would protect insurance agents and carriers from federal criminal liability for engaging in the business of insurance with cannabis-related entities in the states where cannabis is legal. 910), and it has been a PIA top priority for several congresses. PIA strongly supports the Secure And Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act (H.R. How you can help: Take action by clicking here to urge Congress to provide inflation relief for crop agents.Ĭannabis Safe Harbor for Insurance Agents It will also provide some immediate relief to the specialty crop market because that market’s inherent characteristics mean its circumstances, especially now, when the nation is in a period of substantial inflation, are severe and urgent. If these two provisions are adopted, it will make explicit Congress’s view that the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) has the legal authority to provide administrative and operating (A&O) inflation adjustment relief for all agents. Department of Agriculture has the legal authority to reinstate the inflation adjustment and provide equitable relief for specialty crops. ![]() The Senate Agriculture Appropriations Bill includes report language confirming that the U.S.The House Agriculture Appropriations Bill includes monetary relief for specialty crops.PIA is working with allies to encourage Congress to include two provisions that would begin to address the inflation adjustment issue through the appropriations process. PIA is actively urging Congress to provide inflation relief for crop insurance agents in the year-end final FY 2023 appropriations package. Inflation Relief for Crop Insurance Agents How you can help: Take action by clicking here to urge Congress to extend the NFIP for as long as possible. With a new Congress beginning just weeks after the NFIP’s current deadline, PIA is advocating for as long of an extension as possible. Since that time, the NFIP has been subjected to approximately 20 extensions of varying lengths. The NFIP’s most recent five-year reauthorization expired on September 30, 2017, over five years ago. Funding for the federal government is also scheduled to expire at the same time. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is set to expire at 11:59pm on Friday, December 16, 2022, Congress extends its authorization. PIA is engaged with Congress on several issues in its final days, including but not limited to:Įxtension of the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Now that the midterm election results are in, and the majority parties of both the Senate and House for the next Congress are known, Congress has returned for a lame-duck session with a long to-do list before the 117 th Congress ends on January 3, 2023. ![]()
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