CFR > Title 29 - Labor > SUBTITLE B—Regulations Relating to Labor > CHAPTER XXV—EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR (parts 2509 to 2590) > SUBCHAPTER L—GROUP HEALTH PLANS (parts 2590 to 2590) > PART 2590—RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR GROUP HEALTH PLANS > SUBPART B—Health Coverage Portability, Nondiscrimination, and Renewability (§2590.701-1 to §2590.703) > 2590.701-1—Basis and scope.

2590.701-1—Basis and scope.

(a) Statutory basis. This Subpart B implements Part 7 of Subtitle B of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (hereinafter ERISA or the Act).
(b) Scope. A group health plan or health insurance issuer offering group health insurance coverage may provide greater rights to participants and beneficiaries than those set forth in this Subpart B. This Subpart B sets forth minimum requirements for group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group health insurance coverage concerning:
(1) Limitations on a preexisting condition exclusion period.
(2) Certificates and disclosure of previous coverage.
(3) Rules relating to counting creditable coverage.
(4) Special enrollment periods.
(5) Prohibition against discrimination on the basis of health factors.
(6) Additional requirements prohibiting discrimination based on genetic information.
(7) Use of an affiliation period by an HMO as an alternative to a preexisting condition exclusion.

Code of Federal Regulations

[69 FR 78763, Dec. 30, 2004, as amended at 74 FR 51683, Oct. 7, 2009]