2021 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 157 - Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions
Sec. 18115 - Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs
| 42 U.S.C. § 18115 (2021) |
| §18115. Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs |
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No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act (or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs. |
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(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §1555, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 260.) |
| EDITORIAL NOTES
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 111–148, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 119, known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 18001 of this title and Tables. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
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| Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 157 - QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS SUBCHAPTER VI - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 18115 - Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs |
| section 18115 |
| 2021 |
| January 3, 2022 |
| No |
| standard |
| 124 Stat. 260, 119 |
| Public Law 111-148 |
