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Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare

Chapter 157 — Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans

§ 18012. Rating reforms must apply uniformly to all health insurance issuers and group health plans

Statutory text

Any standard or requirement adopted by a State pursuant to this title,1 or any amendment made by this title,1 shall be applied uniformly to all health plans in each insurance market to which the standard and requirements apply. The preceding sentence shall also apply to a State standard or requirement relating to the standard or requirement required by this title 1 (or any such amendment) that is not the same as the standard or requirement but that is not preempted under section 18041(d) of this title.

Footnotes

  1. 1 See References in Text note below.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act

    Pub. L. 111–148 title I § 1252 · 124 Stat. 119

    Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 18012

    (Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1252, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 162.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1252, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 162.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 1252. RATING REFORMS MUST APPLY UNIFORMLY TO ALL HEALTH INSURANCE ISSUERS AND GROUP HEALTH PLANS.   Any standard or requirement adopted by a State pursuant to this title, or any amendment made by this title, shall be applied uniformly to all health plans in each insurance market to which the standard and requirements apply. The preceding sentence shall also apply to a State standard or requirement relating to the standard or requirement required by this title (or any such amendment) that is not the same as the standard or requirement but that is not preempted under section 1321(d).

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This title, referred to in text, is title I of Pub. L. 111–148, , 124 Stat. 130, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and transferred numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective for plan years beginning on or after , see section 1255 of Pub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 300gg of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1252, , 124 Stat. 162.)

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