2017-07712: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; Market Stabilization
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This rule finalizes changes that will help stabilize the individual and small group markets and affirm the traditional role of State regulators. This final rule amends standards relating to special enrollment periods, guaranteed availability, and the timing of the annual open enrollment period in the individual market for the 2018 plan year; standards related to network adequacy and essential community providers for qualified health plans; and the rules around actuarial value requirements.
The agency’s own summary, as published.
What this changes
Amends 3 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.
- 45 CFR 147 Health Insurance Reform Requirements for the Group and Individual Health Insurance Markets
- 45 CFR 155 Exchange Establishment Standards and Other Related Standards Under the Affordable Care Act
- 45 CFR 156 Health Insurance Issuer Standards Under the Affordable Care Act, Including Standards Related to Exchanges
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