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This document contains proposed regulations on the rules for expatriate health plans, expatriate health Plan issuers and qualified expatriates under the Expatriate Health Coverage Clarification Act of 2014 (ECHCCA). This document also includes proposed conforming amendments to certain regulations to implement the provisions of the EHCCA. Further, this document proposes standards for travel insurance and supplemental health insurance coverage to be considered excepted benefits and revisions to the definition of short-term limited duration insurance for purposed of the exclusion from the definition of individual health insurance coverage. These proposed regulations affect expatriated with health coverage under expatriate health plans and sponsors, issuers, and administrators of expatriate health plans, plan sponsors of and individuals with travel insurance, and supplemental health insurance coverage, and individuals with short-term limited duration insurance. In addition, this document proposes to amend a reference in the final regulations relating to prohibitions on lifetime and annual limits and provides a notice requirement for hospital indemnity and fixed indemnity insurance in the group health insurance market that are excepted benefits.