Fed Regist. 1997 Jul 2;62(127):35904-6.
On April 8, 1997, the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services (Departments) published joint interim rules governing the access, portability and renewability requirements for group health plans and issuers offering group health insurance coverage in connection with a group health plan. The rules implemented changes made to certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) enacted as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA). In the April 8 publication, the Departments submitted the group market information collection requirements, for, among other things, establishing creditable coverage, notice of special enrollment rights, and notice of pre-existing condition exclusion periods, to be Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for emergency review under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA 95). In addition, on April 8, 1997 the Department of Health and Human Services submitted the HIPAA individual market information collection requirements to OMB for emergency review under the PRA 1995. This document amends the April 8 Federal Register documents to properly display the OMB control numbers.
1997年4月8日，美国财政部、劳工部和卫生与公众服务部（以下简称“各部”）发布了联合暂行规定，对团体健康计划以及提供与团体健康计划相关的团体健康保险的承保机构的参保、可携带性和可续保性要求作出规定。这些规定落实了对1986年《国内税收法典》（以下简称“法典”）、1974年《雇员退休收入保障法》（以下简称“ERISA”）以及作为1996年《健康保险流通与责任法案》（以下简称“HIPAA”）一部分颁布的《公共卫生服务法》（以下简称“PHS法”）某些条款所做的修改。在4月8日发布的文件中，各部将团体市场信息收集要求（包括确立可计信用保险范围、特殊参保权利通知以及既往病症排除期通知等内容）提交给管理和预算办公室（以下简称“OMB”），以便根据1995年《文书工作减少法》（以下简称“PRA 95”）进行紧急审查。此外，1997年4月8日，卫生与公众服务部将HIPAA个人市场信息收集要求提交给OMB，以便根据1995年PRA进行紧急审查。本文件对4月8日《联邦公报》文件进行修订，以正确显示OMB控制编号。
