Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance

1210-AB72 201510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Final Rules under the Affordable Care Act for Grandfathered Plans, Preexisting Condition Exclusions, Lifetime and Annual Limits, Rescissions, Dependent Coverage, Appeals, and Patient Protections

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the Affordable Care Act) amended title I of ERISA, by adding a new section 715 which encompasses various health reform provisions of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act. Throughout 2010, the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services issued interim final regulations implementing Affordable Care Act section 1251 (preservation of right to maintain existing coverage), and PHS Act sections 2704 (prohibition of preexisting condition exclusions), 2711 (no lifetime or annual limits), 2712 (prohibition on rescissions), 2714 (extension of dependent coverage), 2719 (appeals process), and 2719A (patient protections) with requests for comment (2010 interim final regulations). These regulations finalize the 2010 interim final regulations.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage Yes No None Not Yet Determined No Final Rule 11/00/2015 Undetermined Undetermined Yes No No 1210-AB41 Related to 1210-AB42 Related to 1210-AB43 Related to 1210-AB45 Related to 1545 Internal Revenue Service IRS Joint 0950 Joint Amy Turner J. Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 202 693-8335 202 219-1942 Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653, Washington DC 20210