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The Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 (EHCCA) generally provides that the market reform requirements of the Affordable Care Act, which amended title I of ERISA, by adding a new section 715 to incorporate various health reform provisions of the Public Health Service Act, do not apply with respect to expatriate health plans, expatriate health insurance issuers. This document contains proposed regulations for expatriate health plans, expatriate health plan issuers and qualified expatriates under EHCCA. The proposed regulations also include standards for travel insurance, supplemental health insurance coverage, fixed indemnity plans and hospital fixed indemnity to be considered excepted benefits; revisions to the definition of short-term limited duration insurance; and an amendment to the final rules on lifetime and annual limits under the Affordable Care Act.