1. Regulations
  2. title 29
  3. chapter XXV
  4. part 2590
  5. subpart C
  6. § 2590.715-2705

View all text of Subpart C [§ 2590.711 - § 2590.715-2719A]

§ 2590.715-2705 - Prohibiting discrimination against participants and beneficiaries based on a health factor.

(a) In general. A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage must comply with the requirements of § 2590.702 of this part.

(b) Applicability date. This section is applicable to group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014.

[78 FR 33186, June 3, 2013]

AUTHORITY: 29 U.S.C. 1027, 1059, 1135, 1161-1168, 1169, 1181-1183, 1181 note, 1185, 1185a-n, 1191, 1191a, 1191b, and 1191c; sec. 101(g), Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936; sec. 401(b), Pub. L. 105-200, 112 Stat. 645 (42 U.S.C. 651 note); sec. 512(d), Pub. L. 110-343, 122 Stat. 3881; sec. 1001, 1201, and 1562(e), Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, as amended by Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029; Division M, Pub. L. 113-235, 128 Stat. 2130; Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182; Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012).

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

CITE AS: 29 CFR 2590.715-2705