EBSA Unified Agenda - [Final Rule]

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. 

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	06/00/2009

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