X97-10610. Interim Rules for Health Insurance Portability for Group Health Plans

  • [Federal Register Volume 62, Number 111 (Tuesday, June 10, 1997)]
    [Corrections]
    [Pages 31669-31670]
    From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
    [FR Doc No: X97-10610]
    
    
          
    
    Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 111 / Tuesday, June 10, 1997 / 
    Corrections
    
    [[Page 31669]]
    
    
    
    DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
    
    Internal Revenue Service
    
    26 CFR Part 54
    
    [T.D. 8716]
    RIN 1545-AV05
    
    DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
    
    Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration
    
    29 CFR Part 2590
    
    RIN 1210-AA54
    
    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
    
    Health Care Financing Administration
    
    45 CFR Subtitle A, Parts 144 and 146
    
    RIN 0938-AI08
    
    
    Interim Rules for Health Insurance Portability for Group Health 
    Plans
    
    Correction
    
    [Note: For the companion document see Part IV of today's issue.]
        In interim rule document 97-8275, beginning on page 16894, in the 
    issue of Tuesday, April 8, 1997, make the following corrections:
        1. On page 16894, in the second column, in the second line, ``June 
    7, 1997'' should read `` June 1, 1997''.
        2. On page 16895, in the second column, in the eighth full 
    paragraph, in the fifth line, ``credible'' should read ``creditable''.
        3. On page 16899, in the third column, in footnote 12, in the first 
    line, ``for participation'' should read ``for a participant''.
        4. On page 16907, in the first column, in the second paragraph, in 
    the second line, ``or'' should read ``of''.
        5. On page 16909, in the second column, in the seventh line, 
    ``lock'' is added immediately following ``job'' and before ``benefit''.
        6. On page 16909, in the third column, in the second full 
    paragraph, in the ninth line, ``medial'' should read ``medical''.
        7. On page 16916, in the second column, in the eighth line, ``or'' 
    should read ``of''.
        8. On page 16917, in the second column, in the first full 
    paragraph, in the twelfth line, ``notices'' is added immediately 
    following ``issuing'' and before ``to''.
        9. On page 16924, the table of Estimates for Certifications 
    appearing at the bottom of the page is corrected to read as follows:
    
                                                                  Estimates for Certifications                                                              
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                  Total        Total                                                                                        
                       Year                    respondents   responses   Average time per response (range)        Burden hours (range)         Cost (range) 
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    1997.....................................        1,400   32,698,845  3.32 min.........................  1,809,119 hrs...................     $36,366,106
                                               ...........  ...........  6.34 min.........................  3,456,036 hrs...................      53,434,628
    1998.....................................        1,400   28,072,131  5.19 min.........................  2,242,866 hrs...................      40,928,939
                                               ...........  ...........  12.23 min........................  5,720,198 hrs...................      74,859,759
    1999.....................................        1,400   28,055,984  5.37 min.........................  2,510,461 hrs...................      42,124,907
                                               ...........  ...........  12.41 min........................  5,804,408 hrs...................      75,760,119
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Note: The costs above include the costs associated with issuers acting as service providers for group health plans. The costs are also included in the  
      Department of Labor's estimates.                                                                                                                      
    
    Sec. 54.9801-4T  [Corrected]
    
        10. On page 16931, in the second column, in Sec. 54.9801-4T(a)(2), 
    in the third line, ``expected'' should read ``excepted''.
        11. On page 16932, in the first column, in Sec. 54.9801-
    4T(b)(2)(iv), in paragraph (ii) of Example 6, in the fourth line, ``62-
    break'' should read ``62-day break''.
    
    
    Sec. 54.9801-5T  [Corrected]
    
        12. On page 16935, in the second column, in Sec. 54.9801-5T(a)(6), 
    in the first line ``specification'' should read ``certification''.
        13. On page 16935, in the third column, in Sec. 54.9801-5T(b)(2), 
    in the ninth line, ``needs to order'' should read ``needs in order''.
    
    
    Sec. 54.9801-6T  [Corrected]
    
        14. On page 16937, in the second column, in Sec. 54.9801-6T(a)(3), 
    in the eighth line ``and '' is added immediately following ``plan''.
    
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    Sec. 54.9804-1T  [Corrected]
    
        15. On page 16939, in the second column, in Sec. 54.9804-1T(a), in 
    the first line, ``for certain'' is added immediately following 
    ``exception'' and before ``small''.
        16. On page 16939, in the third column, in Sec. 54.9804-1T(b)(4), 
    in the third line, ``Covered'' should read ``Coverage''.
    
    
    Sec. 2590.701-3  [Corrected]
    
        17. On page 16943, in the first column, in Sec. 2590.701-
    3(a)(1)(i)(C), in paragraph (ii) of Example 2, in the first line, ``The 
    rider is'' should read ``the rider is a''.
        18. On page 16943, in the first column, in Sec. 2590.701-
    3(a)(1)(i)(C), in paragraph (ii) of Example 4, in the first line ``leg 
    is fracture'' should read ``leg fracture''.
        19. On page 16943, in the third column, in Sec. 2590.701-
    3(a)(2)(ii)(B), in paragraph (ii) of the example, in the eleventh line, 
    ``in'' is removed.
    
    
    Sec. 2590.701-5  [Corrected]
    
        20. On page 16948, in the third column, in Sec. 2590.701-
    5(a)(5)(iii), in the first line, ``Transaction'' should read 
    ``Transition''.
        21. On page 16949, in the first column, in Sec. 2590.701-
    5(a)(6)(i), in the 19th line, ``covering'' should read ``coverage''.
        22. On page 16949, in the second column, in Sec. 2590.701-5(b)(2), 
    in the second line ``Information to be disclosed.'' is removed.
    
    
    Sec. 2590.731  [Corrected]
    
        23. On page 16953, in the third column, in Sec. 2590.731(d)(1), in 
    the eighth line, ``an'' should read ``than''.
    
    
    Sec. 2590.732  [Corrected]
    
        24. On page 16954, in the first column, in Sec. 2590.732(b)(1), in 
    the first line, ``(92)'' should read ``(2)''.
    
    
    Sec. 144.103  [Corrected]
    
        25. On page 16958, in the first column, the definition of 
    Preexisting condition exclusion, in the ninth line, ``inclusion'' 
    should read ``exclusion''.
    
    
    Sec. 146.111  [Corrected]
    
        26. On page 16959, in the first column, in Sec. 146.111, the second 
    paragraph (a)(1), should be designated as (a)(1)(i).
    
    
    Sec. 146.113  [Corrected]
    
        27. On page 16961, in the third column, in 
    Sec. 146.113(b)(2)(v)(B), in the first Example, in the first line, the 
    designation ``(1)'' should read ``(i)''.
    
    
    Sec. 146.145  [Corrected]
    
        28. On page 16971, in the second column, in Sec. 146.145(b)(4)(i), 
    in the eighth line, ``expected'' should read ``excepted''.
    
    
    Sec. 146.152  [Corrected]
    
        29. On page 16972, in the second column, in Sec. 146.152(b)(1), in 
    the second line, ``as'' should read ``has''.
    BILLING CODE 1505-01-D
    
    
    

Document Information

Published:
06/10/1997
Department:
Health Care Finance Administration
Entry Type:
Correction
Document Number:
X97-10610
Pages:
31669-31670 (2 pages)
Docket Numbers:
T.D. 8716
RINs:
0938-AI08: Portability and Nondiscrimination in the Group Health Insurance Market (HCFA-2890-F), 1210-AA54: Regulations Implementing the Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, 1545-AV05
RIN Links:
https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/0938-AI08/portability-and-nondiscrimination-in-the-group-health-insurance-market-hcfa-2890-f-, https://www.federalregister.gov/regulations/1210-AA54/regulations-implementing-the-health-care-access-portability-and-renewability-provisions-of-the-healt
PDF File:
x97-10610.pdf
CFR: (14)
29 CFR 146.113(b)(2)(v)(B)
29 CFR 144.103
29 CFR 146.111
29 CFR 146.113
29 CFR 146.145
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