Interim Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Under the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act
other · US Department of Labor · Published 1998-10-27 · 63 FR 57546
Document
Document number
98-28442
Federal Register citation
63 FR 57546
CFR reference
26 CFR 54
Type
Rule
Action
Interim rules with request for comments.
Category
other
Sub-agency
US Department of Labor
Publication date
1998-10-27
DOL docket
TD 8788
Abstract
This document contains interim rules governing the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 (NMHPA). The interim rules provide guidance to employers, group health plans, health insurance issuers, and participants and beneficiaries relating to new requirements for hospital lengths of stay in connection with childbirth. The rules contained in this document implement changes to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) made by NMHPA, and changes to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code) enacted as part of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 (TRA '97). Interested persons are invited to submit comments on the interim rules for consideration by the Department of the Treasury, the Department of Labor, and the Department of Health and Human Services (Departments) in developing final rules.