US Code Title 42 Chapter 157 Quality, Affordable Health Care for All Americans

Subchapter I - Immediate Actions to Preserve and Expand Coverage

§ 18001 - Immediate Access to Insurance for Uninsured Individuals With a Preexisting Condition
§ 18002 - Reinsurance for Early Retirees
§ 18003 - Immediate Information That Allows Consumers to Identify Affordable Coverage Options

Subchapter II - Other Provisions

§ 18011 - Preservation of Right to Maintain Existing Coverage
§ 18012 - Rating Reforms Must Apply Uniformly to All Health Insurance Issuers and Group Health Plans
§ 18013 - Annual Report on Self-insured Plans

Subchapter III - Available Coverage Choices for All Americans

Part A - Establishment of Qualified Health Plans

§ 18021 - Qualified Health Plan Defined
§ 18022 - Essential Health Benefits Requirements
§ 18023 - Special Rules
§ 18024 - Related Definitions

Part B - Consumer Choices and Insurance Competition Through Health Benefit Exchanges

§ 18031 - Affordable Choices of Health Benefit Plans
§ 18032 - Consumer Choice
§ 18033 - Financial Integrity

Part C - State Flexibility Relating to Exchanges

§ 18041 - State Flexibility in Operation and Enforcement of Exchanges and Related Requirements
§ 18042 - Federal Program to Assist Establishment and Operation of Nonprofit, Member-run Health Insurance Issuers
§ 18043 - Funding for the Territories
§ 18044 - Level Playing Field

Part D - State Flexibility to Establish Alternative Programs

§ 18051 - State Flexibility to Establish Basic Health Programs for Low-income Individuals Not Eligible for Medicaid
§ 18052 - Waiver for State Innovation
§ 18053 - Provisions Relating to Offering of Plans in More Than One State
§ 18054 - Multi-state Plans

Part E - Reinsurance and Risk Adjustment

§ 18061 - Transitional Reinsurance Program for Individual Market in Each State
§ 18062 - Establishment of Risk Corridors for Plans in Individual and Small Group Markets
§ 18063 - Risk Adjustment

Subchapter IV - Affordable Coverage Choices for All Americans

Part A - Premium Tax Credits and Cost-sharing Reductions

§ 18071 - Reduced Cost-sharing for Individuals Enrolling in Qualified Health Plans

Part B - Eligibility Determinations

§ 18081 - Procedures for Determining Eligibility for Exchange Participation, Premium Tax Credits and Reduced Cost-sharing, and Individual Responsibility Exemptions
§ 18082 - Advance Determination and Payment of Premium Tax Credits and Cost-sharing Reductions
§ 18083 - Streamlining of Procedures for Enrollment Through an Exchange and State Medicaid, Chip, and Health Subsidy Programs
§ 18084 - Premium Tax Credit and Cost-sharing Reduction Payments Disregarded for Federal and Federally-assisted Programs

Subchapter V - Shared Responsibility for Health Care

Part A - Individual Responsibility

§ 18091 - Requirement to Maintain Minimum Essential Coverage; Findings
§ 18092 - Notification of Nonenrollment

Part B - Employer Responsibilities

§ 18101 - Repealed. Pub. L. 112–10, Div. B, Title Viii, §1858(a), Apr. 15, 2011, 125 Stat. 168

Subchapter VI - Miscellaneous Provisions

§ 18111 - Definitions
§ 18112 - Transparency in Government
§ 18113 - Prohibition Against Discrimination on Assisted Suicide
§ 18114 - Access to Therapies
§ 18115 - Freedom Not to Participate in Federal Health Insurance Programs
§ 18116 - Nondiscrimination
§ 18117 - Oversight
§ 18118 - Rules of Construction
§ 18119 - Small Business Procurement
§ 18120 - Application
§ 18121 - Implementation Funding

Last modified: October 26, 2015