Source: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/42/300gg-13
Timestamp: 2014-10-26 04:38:38
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 300', '§ 2713', '§ 1001', '§ 2713', '§ 102', '§ 1001', '§ 1562', '§ 10107']

42 U.S. Code § 300gg–13 - Coverage of preventive health services | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 42 › Chapter 6A › Subchapter XXV › Part A › Subpart ii › § 300gg–13 42 U.S. Code § 300gg–13 - Coverage of preventive health services
In general A group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage shall, at a minimum provide coverage for and shall not impose any cost sharing requirements for—
evidence-based items or services that have in effect a rating of “A” or “B” in the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Services Task Force;
immunizations that have in effect a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention with respect to the individual involved; and [1]
for the purposes of this chapter, and for the purposes of any other provision of law, the current recommendations of the United States Preventive Service Task Force regarding breast cancer screening, mammography, and prevention shall be considered the most current other than those issued in or around November 2009.
In general The Secretary shall establish a minimum interval between the date on which a recommendation described in subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2) or a guideline under subsection (a)(3) is issued and the plan year with respect to which the requirement described in subsection (a) is effective with respect to the service described in such recommendation or guideline.
Minimum The interval described in paragraph (1) shall not be less than 1 year.
Value-based insurance design The Secretary may develop guidelines to permit a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage to utilize value-based insurance designs.
(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, § 2713, as added Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1001(5),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 131.)
A prior section 300gg–13, act July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, § 2713, as added Pub. L. 104–191, title I, § 102(a),Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1966, was renumbered section 2709 of act July 1, 1944, and transferred to section 300gg–9 of this title by Pub. L. 111–148, title I, §§ 1001(3), 1563
(c)(10)(C), formerly § 1562(c)(10)(C), title X, § 10107(b)(1),Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 130, 268, 911.