2012 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE (§§ 201 - 300mm-61)
Subchapter XXV - REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE (§§ 300gg - 300gg-95)
Part A - Individual and Group Market Reforms (§§ 300gg - 300gg-28)
Subpart 1 - general reform (§§ 300gg - 300gg-9)
Section 300gg-7 - Prohibition on excessive waiting periods
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, 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 6A - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE SUBCHAPTER XXV - REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE Part A - Individual and Group Market Reforms subpart 1 - general reform Sec. 300gg-7 - Prohibition on excessive waiting periods |
Contains | section 300gg-7 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, §2708, as added and amended Pub. L. 111-148, title I, §1201(4), title X, §10103(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 161, 892. |
Statutes at Large References | 122 Stat. 4083 124 Stat. 161 |
Public Law References | Public Law 110-381, Public Law 111-148 |
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A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall not apply any waiting period (as defined in section 300gg–3(b)(4) of this title) that exceeds 90 days.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, §2708, as added and amended Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §1201(4), title X, §10103(b), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 161, 892.)
Enactment of SectionFor delayed effective date of section, see Effective Date note below.
Prior ProvisionsA prior section 300gg–7, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, §2707, as added Pub. L. 110–381, §2(b)(1), Oct. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 4083, which related to coverage of dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence, was renumbered section 2728 of act July 1, 1944, and transferred to section 300gg–28 of this title.
A prior section 2708 of act July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238g of this title.
Amendments2010—Pub. L. 111–148, §10103(b), struck out “or individual” after “offering group”.
Effective DateSection effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, see section 1255 of Pub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 300gg of this title.
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