[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 17004-17005]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9124]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Care Financing Administration

45 CFR Subtitle A

[BPD-882-CN]
[BPD-890-CN]


Interim Rules for Health Insurance Portability for Group Health 
Plans and Individual Market Health Insurance Reform: Portability from 
Group to Individual Coverage; and Federal Rules for Access in the 
Individual Market; State Alternative Mechanisms to Federal Rules

AGENCY: Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), HHS.

ACTION: Interim rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: Federal Register documents 97-8217 and 97-8275 in this issue 
include provisions that implement the health insurance portability, 
availability, and renewability provisions of the Health Insurance 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.
    Those documents contain a technical error in amendments because of 
differing effective dates. The rule with the earlier effective date 
establishes a new part in a subchapter established by the rule with the 
later date. This document corrects that error.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This correction is effective on April 8, 1997.


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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michelle Bruggy, (410) 786-4672.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: .

Correction

    I. In document 97-8217, effective April 8, 1997:
    a. Immediately following the List of Subjects, on the page in which 
the regulations text begins, immediately following the statement ``For 
the reasons set forth in the preamble, 45 CFR Subtitle A is amended as 
set forth below:'' the following is inserted:

``Department of Health and Human Services

45 CFR Subtitle A

    45 CFR is amended as set forth below:

PART 45 [CORRECTED]

    1. The heading for Subtitle A is revised to read as follows:

Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services

    2. Existing parts 1 through 100 are designated as Subchapter A of 
Subtitle A and a new Subchapter heading is added to read as follows:

Subchapter A--General Administration

    3. New Subchapter B, consisting of Parts 140 through 199, is added 
to read as follows:

Subchapter B--Requirements Relating to Health Care Access

PARTS 140--147 [RESERVED]''

    b. On that same page, delete the amendatory language, ``A new Part 
148, consisting of Secs. 148.101 through 148.220, is added to 
Subchapter B to read as follows:''.
    II. In document 97-8275, effective June 1, 1997:
    a. Immediately following the Internal Revenue Service revisions to 
26 CFR, on the page where the HHS regulations text begins, the 
following is deleted:
    ``45 CFR is amended as set forth below:
    1. The heading for Subtitle A is revised to read as follows:

Subtitle A--Department of Health and Human Services

    2. Existing parts 1 through 100 are designated as Subchapter A of 
Subtitle A and a new Subchapter heading is added to read as follows:

Subchapter A--General Administration

    3. New Subchapter B, consisting of Parts 140 through 199, is added 
to read as follows:

Subchapter B--Requirements Relating to Health Care Access

PARTS 140--143 [RESERVED]''

    b. Insert in its place the following:
    ``45 CFR is amended in Subchapter B, by adding Parts 144 and 146 as 
set forth below:''.


Sec. 148.128  [Corrected]

    4. In Sec. 148.128 (a)(2)(i) and (a)(2)(ii)(B), the phrase ``part 
144'' is corrected to read ``title 27 of the PHS Act''.

    Authority: Secs. 2701 through 2763, 2791, and 2792 of the PHS 
Act, 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg-63, 300gg-91, and 300gg-92.

    Dated: April 4, 1997.
Neil J. Stillman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Resources Management.
[FR Doc. 97-9124 Filed 4-4-97; 2:25 pm]
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