EBSA Unified Agenda - [Final Rule Stage]

Title: Health Care Standards for Mothers and Newborns 

Abstract: The Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act of 1996 (NMHPA) amended title I of ERISA and the Public Health Service Act with parallel provisions that protect mothers and their newborn children with regard to the length of hospital stays following the birth of a child. The Departments of Labor and Health and Human Services are mutually dependent due to shared interpretive jurisdiction and are proceeding concurrently to provide final regulatory guidance with regard to the provisions of the NMHPA. 

Agency: Department of Labor(DOL) 

Priority: Other Significant 

RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda 

Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Final Rule Stage 

Major: Undetermined 

Unfunded Mandates: Undetermined 

CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590.711 

Legal Authority: 29 USC 1027; 29 USC 1059; 29 USC 1135; 29 USC 1185; 29 USC 1191 to 1191c 

Legal Deadline:  None

Timetable:

Action	Date	FR Cite
Interim Final Rule	10/27/1998	63 FR 57546
Final Action	08/00/2008

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 Turner
Senior Pension Law Specialist
Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N5653,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-8335