2014 US Code
Title 42 - The Public Health and Welfare (Sections 1 - 18445)
Chapter 6A - Public Health Service (Sections 201 - 300mm-61)
Subchapter XXV - Requirements Relating to Health Insurance Coverage (Sections 300gg - 300gg-95)
Part A - Individual and Group Market Reforms (Sections 300gg - 300gg-28)
Subpart ii - Improving Coverage (Sections 300gg-11 - 300gg-19a)
Sec. 300gg-16 - Prohibition on discrimination in favor of highly compensated individuals
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, 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 ii - improving coverage Sec. 300gg-16 - Prohibition on discrimination in favor of highly compensated individuals |
Contains | section 300gg-16 |
Date | 2014 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, §2716, as added and amended Pub. L. 111-148, title I, §1001(5), title X, §10101(d), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 135, 884. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 124 Stat. 135 |
Public and Private Law | Public Law 111-148 |
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A group health plan (other than a self-insured plan) shall satisfy the requirements of section 105(h)(2) of title 26 (relating to prohibition on discrimination in favor of highly compensated individuals).
(b) Rules and definitionsFor purposes of this section—
(1) Certain rules to applyRules similar to the rules contained in paragraphs (3), (4), and (8) of section 105(h) of title 26 shall apply.
(2) Highly compensated individualThe term "highly compensated individual" has the meaning given such term by section 105(h)(5) of title 26.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, §2716, as added and amended Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §1001(5), title X, §10101(d), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 135, 884.)
AMENDMENTS2010—Pub. L. 111–148, §10101(d), amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows:
"(a) In General.—The plan sponsor of a group health plan (other than a self-insured plan) may not establish rules relating to the health insurance coverage eligibility (including continued eligibility) of any full-time employee under the terms of the plan that are based on the total hourly or annual salary of the employee or otherwise establish eligibility rules that have the effect of discriminating in favor of higher wage employees.
"(b) Limitation.—Subsection (a) shall not be construed to prohibit a plan sponsor from establishing contribution requirements for enrollment in the plan or coverage that provide for the payment by employees with lower hourly or annual compensation of a lower dollar or percentage contribution than the payment required of similarly situated employees with a higher hourly or annual compensation."
EFFECTIVE DATESection effective for plan years beginning on or after the date that is 6 months after Mar. 23, 2010, see section 1004 of Pub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 300gg–11 of this title.
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