ANS is the regulatory agency responsible for controlling, regulating and monitoring the activities of private health and dental plan operators, as well as contributing to the development of actions in the health sector in the country — enabling market competitiveness while aiming to balance the interests of consumers and health plan operators. The agency is part of the supplementary health context – an economic activity that involves the operation of health care plans and insurance, and has as one of its main objectives to guarantee citizens' access to health plans, as well as hospital care.
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National Cinema Agency (Ancine)
Created by Provisional Measure 2.2281/01 , Ancine's main mission is to develop and regulate the Brazilian audiovisual market. Its activities are mainly on two fronts: fostering national production and encouraging vietnam mobile database private investment in the domestic market, and supporting co-productions and participation in international festivals abroad. The agency is also responsible for supporting projects through public notices and selection processes, and is also responsible for tax inspection of procedures related to the Contribution for the Development of the National Film Industry (Condecine). The agency has recently been involved in debates about taxation on streaming services .
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The challenges of regulatory agencies
In 2019, Law 13,848 , known as the Regulatory Agencies Law, was published. The legislation established a new legal framework for regulatory agencies in order to update the rules for management, organization, decision-making processes, and social control of these entities. The law also provides for the appointment of directors, standardizing the number of directors and terms of office, in addition to creating technical requirements that must be met by all those appointed to the board of directors. Factors such as governance and transparency were also established with the new law.