[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 29, Volume 9]

[Revised as of July 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 29CFR2590.701-1]



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                             TITLE 29--LABOR

 

 CHAPTER XXV--EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF 

                                  LABOR

 

PART 2590_RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GROUP HEALTH PLANS--Table of Contents

 

     Subpart B_Health Coverage Portability, Nondiscrimination, and 

                              Renewability

 

Sec.  2590.701-1  Basis and scope.



    Source: 62 FR 16941, Apr. 8, 1997, unless otherwise noted. 

Redesignated at 65 FR 82142, Dec. 27, 2000.





    (a) Statutory basis. This Subpart B implements Part 7 of Subtitle B 

of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as 

amended (hereinafter ERISA or the Act).

    (b) Scope. A group health plan or health insurance issuer offering 

group health insurance coverage may provide greater rights to 

participants and beneficiaries than those set forth in this Subpart B. 

This Subpart B sets forth minimum requirements for group health plans 

and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage 

concerning:

    (1) Limitations on a preexisting condition exclusion period.

    (2) Certificates and disclosure of previous coverage.

    (3) Rules relating to counting creditable coverage.

    (4) Special enrollment periods.

    (5) Prohibition against discrimination on the basis of health 

factors.

    (6) Use of an affiliation period by an HMO as an alternative to a 

preexisting condition exclusion.



[69 FR 78763, Dec. 30, 2004]