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Title I of HIPAA

• Title I Statutory Text (PDF 648K) Complete text of Title I of HIPAA in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• Consumer Q&A Consumer oriented questions and answers.
• Employer Q&A Employer oriented questions and answers.

• HIPAA Enforcement Is Not Preempted By COBRA; Non-HIPAA-Related State Insurance Law Is Not Preempted By Public Sector COBRA - Bulletin 04-01
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• How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Bona Fide Associations Affects an Issuer's Guaranteed Renewability Obligations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-05 PDF
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• Characteristics of Bona Fide Associations, and How Selling Coverage Exclusively Through Them Affects an Issuer's Guaranteed Availability Obligations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-04 PDF (60K)
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• The Obligations Health Insurance Issuers Have to Association Members and Associations Under Title XXVII of the PHS Act With Respect to Guaranteed Renewability of Coverage - Bulletin 02-03
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• Application of Group and Individual Market Requirements Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act When Insurance Coverage is Sold To, or Through, Associations - Bulletin 02-02
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• How to Apply the "Product Withdrawal" and "Market Exit" Exceptions to the Guaranteed Renewability Requirements of Title XXVII of the PHS Act - Bulletin 02-01
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• Identifying Federally Eligible Individuals in States Electing to Use Alternative Mechanisms to Comply with Guaranteed Availability Requirements under Title XXVII of the PHS Act--Bulletin 01-02
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• Guaranteed Renewability of Conversion Policies--Bulletin 01-01
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• Circumstances Under Which Health Insurance Regulated As "Individual" Coverage Under State Law Is Subject To The Group Market Requirements Of The Health Insurance Portability And Accountability Act Of 1996 (HIPAA)--Bulletin 00-06
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• Guaranteed Availability Under Title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act - Applicability of Group Participation Rules--Bulletin 00-05
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• State "Succeeding Carrier" or "Extension of Benefits" Laws and an Issuer's Obligation Under HIPAA to Enroll an Eligible Individual Who is Disabled - Bulletin 00-04
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• The Relationship of Certain Types of State Laws to the Application of the Guaranteed Availability Requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) in the Small Group Market - Bulletin 00-03 Text     PDF (21K)
  
  
• Issue Related to Eligible Individual Status Under Section 2741(b) of the Public Service Act - Bulletin 00-02
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• Imposing Nonconfinement Clauses on Eligible Individuals - Bulletin 00-01
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• Group Size Issues under Title XXVII of the Public Health Services Act - Bulletin 99-03
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• Issues Related to Eligible Individual Status Under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 – Bulletin 99-02
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• Secondary Coverage and Continuing Coverage – Bulletin 99-01
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• Agent Commissions and Application Processing Delays – Bulletin 98-01
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• Nondiscrimination in Health Coverage in the Group Market; Interim Final Rules and Proposed Rules, (45 CFR Part 146), January 8, 2001
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• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Bona Fide Wellness Programs (45 CFR Part 146), January 8, 2001
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• Federal Enforcement in Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets; Interim Rule, (45 CFR Parts 144, 146, 148, and 150), August 20, 1999
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• Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Under the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, (45 CFR Parts 144, 146, and 148), October 27, 1998
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• Mental Health Parity; Interim Rules, HIPAA Mental Health Parity Act; Proposed Rule, December 22, 1997
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• Health Insurance Portability for Group Health Plans; Interim Rules and Proposed Rule (45 CFR Subtitle A, Parts 144 and 146, 45 CFR Part 148) April 8, 1997
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• Individual Market Health Insurance Reform: Portability From Group to Individual Coverage; Federal Rules for Access in the Individual Market; State Alternative Mechanisms to Federal Rules, (45 CFR Part 148), April 8, 1997
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• Regulation Text Regarding Self-Funded Nonfederal Governmental Plans (45 CFR 146.180)
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Questions and Answers for the Nondiscrimination regulation were developed by the U.S. Department of Labor. You may view the Qs and As by going to the Department of Labor's website.

• Q&A on Certificates of Creditable Coverage
• Notice of Right to Documentation of Health Coverage
• Certificate of Individual Health Insurance Coverage
• Certificate of Group Health Plan Coverage
• Information on Categories of Benefits

State HIPAA Laws Database

State HIPAA Laws Database
Searchable index of state legislative compliance with HIPAA provisions.

Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act

Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act (WHCRA)
Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act main page. Summary of the act, with links to related pages.

• Solicitation of Comments Solicitation of Comments for Coverage for Breast Reconstruction and Related Services After a Mastectomy; Proposed Rule
• Statutory Text (PDF 8K) Complete text of the amendment in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• Consumer Q&A Consumer oriented questions and answers.
• Questions and Answers on the Notice Requirements

Mental Health Parity Act

• Mental Health Parity Act Mental Health Parity Act main page. Summary of the act, with links to related pages.
• Statutory Text (PDF 7K) Complete text of the amendment in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
• Mental Health Parity Regulations This document contains interim rules governing parity between medical/surgical benefits and mental health benefits in group health plans and health insurance coverage offered by issuers in connection with a group health plan.
• DHHS Mental Health Parity Regulations. Department of Health and Human Services Mental Health Parity Regulations
• Consumer Q&A Consumer oriented questions and answers.
• Employer Q&A Employer oriented questions and answers.

Newborns and Mother's Health Protection Act

• Newborns' and Mothers's Health Protection Act Newborns' and Mothers's Health Protection Act main page. Brief description of the amendment, and links to related pages.
• Joint Interim Rules Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Under the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act; Joint Interim Rule
• DHHS Interim Rules Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act DHHS interim rules
• Statutory Text (PDF 13K) Full text of the amendment in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.
• General Q&A Consumer oriented questions and answers.

CMS Regional Office Contacts