1. Regulations
  2. title 29
  3. chapter XXV
  4. part 2590
  5. subpart D
  6. § 2590.716-2

View all text of Subpart D [§ 2590.716-1 - § 2590.725-4]

§ 2590.716-2 - Applicability.

(a) In general. (1) The requirements in §§ 2590.716-4 through 2590.716-7, 2590.717-1, 2590.722, and 2590.725-1 through 2590.725-4 apply to group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage (including grandfathered health plans as defined in § 2590.715-1251), except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section.

(2) The requirements in §§ 2590.716-8 and 2590.717-2 apply to certified IDR entities and group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage (including grandfathered health plans as defined in § 2590.715-1251) except as specified in paragraph (b) of this section.

(b) Exceptions. The requirements in §§ 2590.716-4 through 2590.716-8, 2590.717-1, 2590.717-2, 2590.722, and 2590.725-1 through 2590.725-4 do not apply to the following:

(1) Excepted benefits as described in § 2590.732.

(2) Short-term, limited-duration insurance as defined in § 2590.701-2.

(3) Health reimbursement arrangements or other account-based group health plans as described in § 2590.715-2711(d).

[86 FR 36959, July 13, 2021, as amended at 86 FR 66699, Nov. 23, 2021]

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 2590.716-2