Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 157 — Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
§ 18114. Access to therapies
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not promulgate any regulation that—
creates any unreasonable barriers to the ability of individuals to obtain appropriate medical care;
impedes timely access to health care services;
interferes with communications regarding a full range of treatment options between the patient and the provider;
restricts the ability of health care providers to provide full disclosure of all relevant information to patients making health care decisions;
violates the principles of informed consent and the ethical standards of health care professionals; or
limits the availability of health care treatment for the full duration of a patient’s medical needs.
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.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Pub. L. 111–148 title I § 1554 · 124 Stat. 119
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 18114
(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1554, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 259.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1554, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 259.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1554. ACCESS TO THERAPIES. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall not promulgate any regulation that— (1) creates any unreasonable barriers to the ability of individuals to obtain appropriate medical care; (2) impedes timely access to health care services; (3) interferes with communications regarding a full range of treatment options between the patient and the provider; (4) restricts the ability of health care providers to provide full disclosure of all relevant information to patients making health care decisions; (5) violates the principles of informed consent and the ethical standards of health care professionals; or (6) limits the availability of health care treatment for the full duration of a patient’s medical needs.
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Editorial Notes
References in Text
This Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 111–148, , 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.