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Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis
 

EBSA Unified Agenda - [Final Rule Stage]

RIN: 1210-AA54

Publication ID: Fall 2009 

Title: Regulations Implementing the Health Care Access, Portability, and Renewability Provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 

Abstract: The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) amended title I of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act with parallel provisions designed to improve health care access, portability, and renewability. The Departments of Labor, the Treasury, and the Health and Human Services are mutually dependent due to shared interpretive jurisdiction and are proceeding concurrently to provide additional regulatory guidance regarding these provisions, including the amendments made by the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009. 

Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) 

Priority: Economically Significant 

RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda

Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 

Major: Yes 

Unfunded Mandates: No 

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590 (To search for a specific CFR, visit the Code of Federal Regulations.

Legal Authority: 29 USC 1027; 29 USC 1059; 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1171 to 1172; 29 USC 1191c 

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite

Interim Final Rule 

04/08/1997 

62 FR 16894 

Interim Final Rule Effective 

06/07/1997 

Interim Final Rule Comment Period End 

07/07/1997 

Request for Information 

10/25/1999 

64 FR 57520 

Comment Period End 

01/25/2000 

NPRM 

12/30/2004 

69 FR 78800 

Request for Information 

12/30/2004 

69 FR 78825 

Final Rule 

12/30/2004 

69 FR 78720 

Final Action Effective 

02/28/2005 

Request for Information/Comment Period End 

03/30/2005 

NPRM Comment Period End 

03/30/2005 

Final Action 

09/00/2010 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No 

Government Levels Affected: None 

Federalism: No 

Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 

RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 

Agency Contact:
Amy J. Turner
Senior Advisor
Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-8335
Fax:202 219-1942