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Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 157 - QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS (§§ 18001 - 18121)
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| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 42 - THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE CHAPTER 157 - QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS Front Matter |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
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Part A—Establishment of Qualified Health Plans
| 18021. | Qualified health plan defined. |
| 18022. | Essential health benefits requirements. |
| 18023. | Special rules. |
| 18024. | Related definitions. |
Part B—Consumer Choices and Insurance Competition Through Health Benefit Exchanges
| 18031. | Affordable choices of health benefit plans. |
| 18032. | Consumer choice. |
| 18033. | Financial integrity. |
Part C—State Flexibility Relating To Exchanges
| 18041. | State flexibility in operation and enforcement of Exchanges and related requirements. |
| 18042. | Federal program to assist establishment and operation of nonprofit, member-run health insurance issuers. |
| 18043. | Funding for the territories. |
| 18044. | Level playing field. |
Part D—State Flexibility To Establish Alternative Programs
| 18051. | State flexibility to establish basic health programs for low-income individuals not eligible for medicaid. |
| 18052. | Waiver for State innovation. |
| 18053. | Provisions relating to offering of plans in more than one State. |
| 18054. | Multi-State plans. |
Part E—Reinsurance and Risk Adjustment
| 18061. | Transitional reinsurance program for individual market in each State. |
| 18062. | Establishment of risk corridors for plans in individual and small group markets. |
| 18063. | Risk adjustment. |
SUBCHAPTER IV—AFFORDABLE COVERAGE CHOICES FOR ALL AMERICANS Part A—Premium Tax Credits and Cost-Sharing Reductions
| 18071. | Reduced cost-sharing for individuals enrolling in qualified health plans. |
Part B—Eligibility Determinations
| 18081. | Procedures for determining eligibility for Exchange participation, premium tax credits and reduced cost-sharing, and individual responsibility exemptions. |
| 18082. | Advance determination and payment of premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions. |
| 18083. | Streamlining of procedures for enrollment through an Exchange and State medicaid, CHIP, and health subsidy programs. |
| 18084. | Premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction payments disregarded for Federal and federally-assisted programs. |
SUBCHAPTER V—SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE Part A—Individual Responsibility
| 18091. | Requirement to maintain minimum essential coverage; findings. |
| 18092. | Notification of nonenrollment. |
Part B—Employer Responsibilities
| 18101. | Repealed. |
SUBCHAPTER VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
| 18111. | Definitions. |
| 18112. | Transparency in Government. |
| 18113. | Prohibition against discrimination on assisted suicide. |
| 18114. | Access to therapies. |
| 18115. | Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs. |
| 18116. | Nondiscrimination. |
| 18117. | Oversight. |
| 18118. | Rules of construction. |
| 18119. | Small business procurement. |
| 18120. | Application. |
| 18121. | Implementation funding. |
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