Title 42, The Public Health and WelfareRelease 119-110

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Title 42 › CHAPTER 6A — PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XXV — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE › Part B — Individual Market Rules › subpart 2 — other requirements › § 300gg–52

Last updated Sep 23, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require that the same rules that apply to health plans offered through employers also apply to health insurance sold to people who buy their own coverage. Insurance companies must follow those rules for individual plans just as they do for small and large group plans.

Full Legal Text

Title 42, §300gg–52

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The provisions of section 2706 shall apply to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in the individual market in the same manner as they apply to health insurance coverage offered by a health insurance issuer in connection with a group health plan in the small or large group market.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 2706, referred to in text, is a reference to section 2706 of act
July 1, 1944. section 2706, which was classified to section 300gg–6 of this title, was renumbered section 2727 and amended by Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §§ 1001(2), 1563(c)(5), formerly § 1562(c)(5), title X, § 10107(b)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 130, 266, 911, and was transferred to section 300gg–27 of this title. A new section 2706 of act
July 1, 1944, related to non-discrimination in health care, was added, effective for plan years beginning on or after Jan. 1, 2014, by Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1201(4), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 160, and is classified to section 300gg–5 of this title.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Pub. L. 105–277, div. A, § 101(f) [title IX, § 903(c)(2)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–337, 2681–438, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (b) [enacting this section] shall apply with respect to health insurance coverage offered, sold, issued, renewed, in effect, or operated in the individual market on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].”

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Citation

42 U.S.C. § 300gg–52

Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare

Last Updated

Sep 23, 2026

Release point: 119-110