Commentary re: Regulation 45 CFR Part 147 (2011)
Interim Final Rules
Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to
Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act
Interim rules now final rules
On 1 August, 2011, the Department of Health and Human
Services issued Interim Final Rules
to require mandatory coverage of preventive health care
services in employer health insurance plans. The
"preventive services" include contraception and sterilization.
Public comment was invited during a sixty day period ending 30
September, 2011. The Interim Rules later became the Final
Rules.
The materials posted in relation to this regulation are listed below.
They include
- submissions to the Department of Health and Human
Services
in response to the Interim Final Rules made during the comment period
- informal commentary, including news release and opinion and
editorial columns made during and after the sixty day comment period