Detailed State Regulations - NAIC/DRA States

The following states have enacted mandatory long-term care training since the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act in 2005 and the NAIC Long-Term Care Model Act in 2006. Click on the state name to view a detailed summary of the state regulations.

Click here for information on the four original partnership states - Indiana, California, Connecticut and New York.

Recent Changes to Regulations

Recent changes have been made to the regulations statements for these states: WV, KS were added. Please see each state's listing for full details.

State	Initial Training Deadline	Minimum Length of Initial Training	Minimum Length of Follow-up Training	CE Credit Required	Residents Must Take Course in Home State	Course on State Law Required
AL	12/31/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs
AR	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs
AZ	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs		X
CO	In effect	16 hrs (at least 8 must be classroom)	5 hrs (classroom)		X
FL	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
GA	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs	X		X
IA	In effect	4 hrs	3 hrs	X	X
ID	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
IL	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs	X	X
KS	7/1/2010	4 hrs	1 hr
MD	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
ME	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
MI	In effect	N/A	N/A
MN	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs		X	X
MO	TBD	8 hrs	4 hrs		X
MT	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
ND	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
NE	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
NJ	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs
NV	N/A	Insurer Discretion	Insurer Discretion
OH	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs	X	X
OK	7/14/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs
OR	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
PA	In effect	1 hr			X
RI	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs
SC	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs
SD	In effect	8 hrs (480 min)	4 hrs (240 min)			X
TN	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs		X
TX	TBD	8 hrs	4 hrs	For follow-up course only	X
VA	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs		X	X
WV	7/1/2010	8 hrs	4 hrs		X
WA	7/1/2009	8 hrs	4 hrs		X	X
WI	In effect	8 hrs	4 hrs		X	X
Updated 6/15/2009

Information on Original 4 Partnership States

Alabama - Beginning March 1^st, all newly-licensed long-term care producers must complete a one-time eight hour training course before representing LTCi. Producers licensed before March 1^st must complete a course by 12/31/2009. A four-hour review course must be completed each biennial renewal cycle thereafter. Reciprocity is available for residents and non-residents.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Producer Training Bulletin

Arkansas- Arkansas has implemented mandatory training requirements for all long-term care agents. All long-term care agents licensed before July 1, 2008 must complete an 8-hour NAIC training course by 7/1/2009. Agents licensed after July 1, 2008 must complete a course before representing LTCi before 1/1/2009. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed every 24 months thereafter.

10/13/2008 - The Arkansas training requirement statement has been updated. Courses are not required to contain Arkansas-specific content; producers may take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership State
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved as CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Long-Term Care Insurance Revised Rule 13
Arkansas Producer LTC Web Site

Arizona - Arizona regulations on mandatory training requirements for long-term care producers was signed by the governor on May 20, 2008. By July 1, 2009, all long-term care producers must complete an initial 8-hour continuing education course. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed during every two year period beginning July 1, 2009. Resident agents must complete a CE-approved course by an Arizona approved provider; reciprocity is available for non-residents. Training must include "state and federal rules and requirements and the relationship between qualified state long-term care insurance partnership programs and other public and private coverage of long-term care services, including Medicaid."

Partnership Program Status - Net Yet Effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take Arizona course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
SB 1223

Colorado - As of January 1st, 2009, all Colorado long-term care agents must complete 16 hours of long-term care training: 8 hours in general long-term care training (which may be delivered in a classroom, online or in print) and 8 on partnership training (which must be delivered in a classroom setting). It doesn't matter which part of the training is taken first.

Colorado requires five hours of follow-up training every two years after the initial training. The follow-up training must be delivered in a classroom setting. We expect the state to require providers to adhere to a detailed content outline for the follow-up training, too.

If they prefer, through the end of 2008 new Colorado producers can qualify to represent long-term care insurance by completing a state-approved 2-hour LTC course. However, new producers must still complete the full 16 hour program by 12/31/2008 whether or not the 2-hour course is completed.

All courses must include all of the content areas dictated by the state's extensive outline of required content.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take Colorado course
Non-Resident Producers - Must complete formal LTC training requirements in home state OR if none exist in home state, must take the 16 hour course provided in Colorado
Colorado bulletin on long-term care partnership training

Florida - Florida's long-term care partnership regulations were finalized in August of 2007. A one-time eight-hour training course must be completed by all agents selling, soliciting or negotiating long-term care insurance within Florida - whether or not partnership policies are sold. The deadline to complete this training for currently licensed agents was 12/31/2007, so a course must be completed by any agent representing LTCi. A four-hour follow-up course must be completed every 24 months thereafter.

3/9/2009 - ClearCert's Member Carriers have determined that resident producers may complete a course in any licensed state. Be advised that Florida is considering changes to the state's LTC producer training requirements. Any changes will be communicated here as soon as they are finalized.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - Yes
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
State Memorandum on LTC Training Requirements

Georgia - Georgia requires that producers complete a minimum 8-hour training course before representing LTCi partnership. This requirement is effective January 1, 2009, or the date upon which a represented carrier releases a partnership policy, whichever is later. Courses approved for use in the state must meet specific content requirements, and resident producers must earn CE for their course completions. However, the state has not yet clarified its reciprocity rules for resident completions of similar courses in other states.

At least four hours of follow-up training are required every 24 months after completing the initial training.

3/9/2009 - ClearCert's Member Carriers have determined that residents and non-residents may complete either a Georgia course or an 8-hour NAIC course in any licensed state and a two-hour course on Georgia-specific content.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
CE Approval Required - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - Yes
Resident Producers - May complete a Georgia course or an 8-hour NAIC course in any licensed state and a two-hour course on Georgia-specific content
Non-Resident Producers - May complete a Georgia course or an 8-hour NAIC course in any licensed state and a two-hour course on Georgia-specific content
State Adopted Regulations

Idaho - Idaho implemented mandatory long-term care training in November of 2006. Beginning November 1, 2007, agents must complete at least eight hours worth of training in long-term care insurance, qualified partnership program insurance policies, and the relationship between partnership polices and other public and private coverage of long-term care. At least four hours of follow-up training are required every 24 months thereafter. This training is also required before representing long-term care policies that are not partnership policies.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
State Bulletin

Illinois - Illinois requires all LTCi producers to complete course 25008, "Long Term Care Partnership." Producers licensed before July 1, 2008 that have completed the old 6 hour requirement (course 09400) by that date must complete the new course 25008 by July 1, 2009. Producers either not licensed before that date or who did not complete old course 09400 by then must complete new course 25008 before representing LTCi insurance within the state.

Reciprocal credit for this requirement is granted to non-resident producers who complete another state's similar training requirement. A follow-up course of at least 4 hours in length must be completed every 24 months following initial training.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes (all courses bear the same name and course number)
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take Illinois course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
State Administrative Code Statement

Iowa - Iowa requires that all long-term care agents in Iowa complete a four-hour course on NAIC content by January 1, 2009, and a three-hour follow-up course every three year CE term afterwards.

Note that initial courses for Iowa listed on the ClearCert course list meet the standard 8-hour length requirement. A course length of less than 8 hours is insufficient to review the entire NAIC content requirement and is also insufficient for obtaining reciprocal credit in the many states that require an 8-hour course completion.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - Yes
Resident Producers - Must take an Iowa-approved course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
ARC 6516B (page 1177 of Iowa's Administrative Bulletin Volume XXX Number 14)

Kansas - Kansas announced its long-term care partnership program effective April 1, 2007 in Bulletin 2007-7. This bulletin stated that partnership producers would be in compliance with mandatory training as long as they were licensed for health insurance and up to date with their continuing education requirements.

Effective May 29, 2009, the state implemented a more detailed mandatory training requirement. Producers involved in the solicitation, negotiation or sale of long-term care partnership insurance must complete a 4-hour course certified by the commissioner of insurance as long-term care partnership training by July 1, 2010. A 1-hour follow-up course must be completed every two year licensing biennium after completing initial training.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Bulletin 2007-7
KANSAS Regulation K.A.R. 40-4-37v

Maryland - Maryland adopted a Regulation on Producer Training Requirements for Long Term Care insurance under COMAR 31.14.01.34. As of September 10, 2007, a producer who sells, solicits, or negotiates long term care insurance must complete a one-time training course consisting of at least 8 hours of long term care education. A four-hour follow-up course must be completed every 24 months following. The deadline for completing the initial course is September 10, 2008.

New producers (not licensed before September 10, 2007) must complete the one-time training program of at least 8 hours, BEFORE selling, soliciting or negotiating any long term care insurance.

The producer may apply the number of course credits of any Maryland approved continuing education Long Term Care courses to their overall continuing education requirements. In other words, if a long term care training program has been approved for 8 hours of continuing education, then the producer may apply the 8 hours to the overall continuing education requirement of 16 credit hours.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No (the state has left this up to the insurer)
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Maryland training requirements

Maine - Maine formalized the partnership training requirements initially announced in September. Maine has adopted the NAIC training content requirements. Currently licensed agents have until July 1, 2008 to complete the initial 8-hour course and must complete a 4-hour follow-up course every 24 months afterwards. New agents may not represent, negotiate or sell long-term care insurance before completing the course.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
DOI Bulletin

Michigan - Michigan requires all long-term care agents to complete a long-term care course containing specific subjects; no minimum course length is required.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No

Minnesota - Minnesota released mandatory long-term care training regulations in July of 2007. Producers must complete a mandatory training course of at least eight hours before representing long-term care partnership policies; after January 1, 2008, this training is required for the representation of all long-term care policies. A four-hour course must be completed within 24 months of the initial training course, and every 24 months thereafter.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a Minnesota course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state and a Minnesota-specific course
60K.365 Producer Training Requirements

Missouri - The state's partnership program goes into effect on August 1st, 2008. Agents must complete an initial 8-hour training course before representing partnership policies, and a 4-hour follow-up course very two years thereafter. Training must be completed by the date upon which a represented carrier releases a partnership policy.

9/10/2008 - Missouri reciprocity has been changed from "carrier discretion" to "non-residents only," as all ClearCert Members have determined that residents must complete a Missouri approved course.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership State
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a Missouri course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Course List

Montana - The state requires that all long-term care agents complete an initial 8-hour NAIC content training course by July 1, 2008, and a 4-hour follow-up course by 7/1/2010.

Nebraska - All long-term care agents are required to complete an initial 8-hour, NAIC model course by August 1, 2008, and a 4-hour follow-up course every two years afterwards.

10/21/2008 - Nebraska no longer requires that content from the NAIC Long-Term Care 2000 Model Act to be included in courses approved for mandatory long-term care training use.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
State website

Nevada - Nevada implemented partnership on December 6, 2006. While stipulating that policies must meet NAIC guidelines, the state has issued no training requirements.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Insurer discretion
Non-Resident Producers - Insurer discretion
Bulletin 06-010

New Jersey - New Jersey's state plan amendment was approved in February of 2008. All long-term care agents licensed before July 1, 2008, are required to complete an initial 8-hour, NAIC model course by July 1, 2009, and a 4-hour follow-up course every two years afterwards. Producers licensed after that date must complete a course before representing LTCi.

2/17/2009 - On March 18, 2008, the New Jersey Insurance Department issued Bulletin 08-05 which indicated that the Department intended to adopt the NAIC producer training requirements. Under that Bulletin, the Department indicated that all producers must meet the 8-hour initial training requirements by 7/1/09. The Department also indicated that it would be formally codifying these requirements via regulation sometime in 2009. On 2/17/2009 the Department adopted those regulations with one unexpected nuances. Under the new regulation, producers licensed on or after 2/17/09 (the effective date of the regulation) must receive training prior to selling. Producers who were licensed prior to 2/17/09 still have until 7/1/09 to meet the initial 8-hour training requirement. Read the adopted rules.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Bulletin 08-05

North Dakota - North Dakota formalized its partnership training program requirements on August 3rd, 2007. An initial 8-hour training course must be completed by July 1, 2008, and a follow-up 4-hour course must be completed every 24 months after that date. Training is required for producers representing partnership policies only.

Ohio - Ohio formalized its long-term care partnership program, including mandatory training requirements, on September 10, 2007. Agents representing long-term care insurance have until September 1, 2008 to complete an initial 8-hour training program. A 4-hour course must be completed every 24 months afterwards. The state assigns approved partnership training courses to an LTC8 or LTC4 category to help agents identify courses that will earn them qualified status. Agents that completed a course before its status was changed to LTC8 must contact the DOI to request that the course completion be changed to the new LTC8 course number.

Resident agents can complete training in another state, but only if the course is approved for Ohio LTC8 or LTC4 CE credits - which essentially means reciprocity is for non-resident licensees only.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
CE Approval Required - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - Yes
Resident Producers - Must take an Ohio course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Reciprocity - Yes
State Bulletin 2-2008

Oklahoma - Oklahoma has established an effective date for its partnership program of July 14, 2008. Long-term care agents must complete a minimum 8-hour training course on long-term care partnership within one year from that date, or by July 14, 2009. Curses must be approved for CE in lieu of a formal approval process for mandatory long-term care training use.

Reciprocity is provided for partnership training completed in another state.

Agents licensed after July 15, 2008 must complete an initial 8-hour course before representing LTC insurance, and a 4-hour course every 24 months thereafter.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - No
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Chapter 25: Section 365:25-3-1.4

Oregon - The deadline for Oregon long-term care agents to complete mandatory training was January 31, 2008, so all long-term care agents in Oregon going forward must have completed an initial 8-hour NAIC content course. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed each two-year period thereafter.

Pennsylvania - Partnership producers must complete a state-authored one-hour course before representing partnership LTC. Information on an 8-hour course requirement for all long-term care producers is pending.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership State
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take the one-hour Pennsylvania course before representing LTCi partnership
Non-Resident Producers - No requirement

11/10/2008 - The Pennsylvania commissioner recently clarified that the one-hour training requirement for partnership producers is the only training requirement currently in effect. The 8-hour requirement for all long-term care agents is being reviewed and will be reissued early in 2009. Note: The state has determined that it is up to carriers to determine whether producers who have or will complete a state-approved 8-hour NAIC training course before the requirement is reviewed will be in compliance and not have to complete a second course. ClearCert’s member carriers have determined that they will accept courses previously certified by ClearCert as proof of completion as long as the adopted requirements follow the NAIC model, as is likely. Additional state-specific content will probably not be required, since the one-hour state-authored partnership training content is a required component of all 8-hour NAIC courses certified by ClearCert.

Rhode Island - Rhode Island does not yet have a formal partnership program in place, but requires long-term care agents licensed before July 3rd, 2007 to complete an initial course of at least 8 hours in length by July 3rd, 2008 and a follow-up course every two years afterwards of at least 4 hours in length. Agents licensed after July 3rd, 2007 had until January 1, 2008 to complete an initial 8-hour course; agents licensed after January 1, 2008 must complete a course before representing negotiating or selling long-term care insurance. Partnership course content is required.

South Carolina - South Carolina has established an 8-hour training requirement for all long-term care agents. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed within 24 months of the initial training. Reciprocal credit is available for all producers.

South Dakota - South Dakota's regulations are unusual in two respects. First of all, state requires documentation of training in the state's Medicaid program and partnership laws.

Secondly, the state has mandated 8 full hours of training. Although South Dakota recognizes a 50 minute per hour training standard for continuing education credit, for the purposes of long-term care partnership credit the state requires 60 minute hours. In effect, this adds an hour and twenty minutes of training time to the average continuing education classroom course.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a South Dakota course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state and a South Dakota-specific state law course
Read South Dakota's Bulletin 7-07

Tennessee - Tennessee has annotated Code 56, Chapter 42 and now requires all long-term care producers to complete an initial 8-hour training course before representing long-term care insurance. Those who were already licensed to sell LTCi on May 13, 2008 have until June 30, 2009 to complete the course.

Courses must be approved for use, but CE approval is optional, as is receiving credits for completing the course. Reciprocity is available to non-resident producers who complete their state's partnership training requirement.

12/17/2008 - The state's September 22nd, 2008 bulletin Changes Brought About by Long-Term Care Training Requirements introduced more stringent reciprocity requirements for non-resident producers. As a result, ClearCert's Member Carriers have adjusted their requirements. Reciprocity is available to producers that complete their resident state's NAIC training requirement. Otherwise, non-resident producers must complete a Tennessee course.

Partnership Program Status - Not Yet Approved
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a Tennessee-approved course
Non-Resident Producers - Must fulfill resident state’s partnership training requirements or complete a Tennessee-approved course
Annotation to Tennessee Code 56, Chapter 42

Texas - Texas finalized mandatory training requirements for long-term care producers in conjunction with implementation of the state's partnership program, which will be effective January 1, 2009. Producers licensed as of 8/5/2008 must complete an initial 8-hour long-term care course by January 1, 2009 or the date a represented carrier introduces a partnership policy, whichever is later. Producers licensed after the regulation's 8/5/2008 effective date must complete a course by the date on which a represented carrier introduces a partnership policy.

A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed every two-year reporting period after taking the initial course.

Both initial and follow-up courses must be approved for this specific training use and also for continuing education credit. However, CE credit must be issued only for the 4-hour course; for the 8-hour initial course it's optional.

Non-resident producers may receive reciprocal credit for completing an NAIC 8-hour course in their home state, but only if the state is a partnership state. Otherwise the agent must complete a Texas-qualified course.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - Yes for 4-hour follow-up course, not required for 8-hour initial course
Resident Producers - Must take a Texas-qualified course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in the producer's home state if it is a partnership state; otherwise must take Texas-qualified course
State Web site

Virginia - The state of Virginia's mandatory long-term care partnership training became effective 9/1/2007. All agents (resident and non-resident) must complete a two-hour Virginia-specific partnership and state law course approved for CE credit, and must complete six general hours of long-term care training. The requirement can be fulfilled in a single course.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - Yes
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a Virginia course
Non-Resident Producers - May take a Virginia course or an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state and a 2-hour Virginia partnership course
State Bulletin 07-03

Washington - Washington has established mandatory long-term care training requirements effective January 1, 2009. All long-term care producers must now complete an 8-hour long-term care course before representing LTCi. Producers that were representing LTCi prior to this date must complete an initial 8-hour course by July 1, 2009. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed during every 24 months after completing the initial course.

All state-approved courses will bear the same course title: WA LTC Initial 8 Hour Course for initial training and WA LTC Refresher 4 Hour Course for follow-up training.

Reciprocity is available for both residents and non-residents.

4/13/2009 - The Washington Department of Insurance clarified that the course completions prior to 1/1/2009 that meet a licensed state's training requirements are valid for Washington reciprocity.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use – Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE – Yes
CE Credits Must be issued - No
Resident Producers - May take an NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Administrative Code 284-83

West Virginia - West Virginia requires mandatory training for all long-term care producers effective July 1, 2009. Producers that were licensed to represent LTCi prior to this date must complete an initial 8-hour course by July 1, 2010, while those licensed on or after this date must complete a course before representing LTCI. A 4-hour follow-up course must be completed every two-year licensing period after the period in which initial training was completed. No state-specific course content is required, but the DOI must approve all courses for use.

Reciprocity is available for non-residents.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use – Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE – No
CE Credits Must be issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a West Virginia course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state
West Virginia Bill 434

Wisconsin - (Updated 9/3/2008) - Wisconsin has filed a State Plan Amendment and is awaiting approval. In the meantime, the state has established mandatory long-term care training requirements for all long-term care producers. All LTC producers must complete an initial 8-hour course by January 1, 2009 and a 4-hour refresher course every licensing period after completing the initial course. The training must include two hours of state law content created by Wisconsin, and resident producers must complete a Wisconsin course. NAIC reciprocity is available for non-residents, who must complete two hours of state law content.

9/3/2008 - Wisconsin notified ClearCert that reciprocity is only available to non-residents for NAIC content. Resident producers must complete a Wisconsin course. Non-resident producers must complete a two-hour Wisconsin state/partnership law course. The ClearCert regulations for Wisconsin have been updated as a result.

Partnership Program Status - Not yet effective
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
Course Must be Approved for CE - No
CE Credits Must be Issued - No
Resident Producers - Must take a Wisconsin course
Non-Resident Producers - May take an 8 hour NAIC course approved for use in any licensed state but must also take a 2-hour Wisconsin partnership and state law course
Wisconsin 2007 Act 20
Agent Web Site

Original Partnership States

Producers in the four original long-term care partnership states must complete initial training. In California and Indiana a follow-up course must be completed each licensing term. Course completions in these states are not valid for reciprocal credit in NAIC/DRA states.

State	Mandatory Long-Term Care Course	Mandatory Partnership Training	Follow-up Training	CE Required
CA	8 hrs	8 hrs classroom	8 hrs	X
CT	8 hrs online	4 hrs classroom (state-provided)		Resident producers only
IN	8 hrs classroom	7 hrs classroom	5 hrs	X
NY	4 hrs online	4 hrs classroom (includes exam for online course)

California - All long-term care agents in California must complete an 8-hour course on general long-term care concepts. Those representing partnership policies must take an 8-hour classroom course on partnership.

Follow-up course completions vary depending upon license date. Here is the statement from the California DOI regarding mandatory training requirements requirements:

AGENTS & BROKERS: ACCIDENT AND HEALTH AGENT (AH) LICENSE INFORMATION

Long-Term Care Training

Pursuant to Section 10234.93(a)(4) of the California Insurance Code, each agent or other insurer representative authorized to solicit individual consumers for the sale of long-term care insurance shall satisfactorily complete the following training requirements that, for resident licensees, shall count toward the licensee's continuing education requirement, but may still result in completing more than the minimum number of continuing education hours set forth in this section:

For licensees issued a license after January 1, 1992, eight hours of training in each of the first four 12-month periods beginning from the date of original license issuance and thereafter eight hours of training prior to each license renewal.
For licensees issued a license before January 1, 1992, eight hours of training prior to each license renewal.
For nonresident licensees that are not otherwise subject to the continuing education requirements set forth in Section 1749.3, the evidence of training required by this section shall be filed with and approved by the commissioner as provided in subdivision (g) of Section 1749.4.

Licensees shall complete the initial training requirements of this section prior to being authorized to solicit individual consumers for the sale of long-term care insurance. All agents that sell long-term care products, who are exempt from continuing education requirements, must complete a long-term care course once during each term.

In addition, pursuant to Section 58056 of Title 22 of the California Code of Regulations, any agent marketing a Partnership Long-Term Care Insurance Policy or Certificate must complete eight (8) hours of education on long-term care in general that meet the requirements of Section 10234.93 of the California Insurance Code and eight (8) hours of training eight (8) hours of training in a live classroom setting on California Partnership for Long-Term Care.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
CE Approval Required - Yes
Reciprocity - No
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Connecticut - Effective 10/18/07, the Connecticut Partnership Certification Training Program will consist of a prerequisite three hour Online Course and a four hour Partnership Classroom Training course. Producers who were previously certified by attending the full day Partnership Certification training course conducted by Connecticut Partnership staff will not be affected by the new training and can continue to sell LTCI Partnership policies in the state. However, they may choose to take the new Partnership Certification Training as a refresher course.

Ongoing training is not required.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
CE Approval Required - Yes
Reciprocity - No
S tate web site

Indiana - The state requires resident producers representing long-term care insurance to complete an initial 8-hour general long-term care course. A 7-hour Indiana partnership course must be completed before representing long-term care partnership. All training must be received in the classroom, and CE credits must be earned for the initial training.

Indiana requires a 5-hour follow-up course for resident long-term care agents every 4-year CE term beginning with the term following completion of the initial course work.

There is no training requirement for non-resident producers representing long-term care insurance in the state. However, non-residents must complete a 7-hour Indiana partnership course before representing LTCi partnership.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes
CE Approval Required - Yes
Residents - LTC producers must complete an 8-hour Indiana general long-term care course before representing LTCi; in addition, a 7-hour Indiana partnership course must be completed before representing long-term care partnership
Non-residents - No training requirement for representing long-term care insurance; a 7-hour Indiana partnership course must be completed before representing long-term care partnership
State web site

New York - All New York long-term care agents representing partnership policies must complete a state-provided online course followed by a four-hour class which includes an exam on the online course.

Partnership Program Status - Partnership state
DOI Must Approve Courses For Use - Yes - State-provided
CE Approval Required - Yes
Reciprocity - No
State website

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