Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 157 — Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans
§ 18115. Freedom not to participate in Federal health insurance programs
Statutory text
No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act (or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs.
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 § 1555 · 124 Stat. 119
Enacted · 42 U.S.C. § 18115
(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1555, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 260.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1555, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 260.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 1555. FREEDOM NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN FEDERAL HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS. No individual, company, business, nonprofit entity, or health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall be required to participate in any Federal health insurance program created under this Act (or any amendments made by this Act), or in any Federal health insurance program expanded by this Act (or any such amendments), and there shall be no penalty or fine imposed upon any such issuer for choosing not to participate in such programs.
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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.