Title 42 — The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-73
§300gg–7 Prohibition on excessive waiting periods
Title 42 › Chapter CHAPTER 6A— - PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XXV— - REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE › Part Part A— - Individual and Group Market Reforms › Subpart Subpart I— - General Reform › § 300gg–7
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Title 42, §300gg–7
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A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage shall not apply any waiting period (as defined in section 300gg–3(b)(4) of this title) that exceeds 90 days.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Prior Provisions
A prior section 300gg–7, act
July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, § 2707, as added Pub. L. 110–381, § 2(b)(1), Oct. 9, 2008, 122 Stat. 4083, which related to coverage of dependent students on medically necessary leave of absence, was renumbered section 2728 of act
July 1, 1944, and transferred to section 300gg–28 of this title. A prior section 2708 of act
July 1, 1944, was successively renumbered by subsequent acts and transferred, see section 238g of this title.
Amendments
2010—Pub. L. 111–148, § 10103(b), struck out “or individual” after “offering group”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, see section 1255 of Pub. L. 111–148, set out as a note under section 300gg of this title.
Reference
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Citation
42 U.S.C. § 300gg–7
Title 42 — The Public Health and Welfare
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73