TITLE 42 - PUBLIC HEALTH

CHAPTER IV - CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

SUBCHAPTER B - MEDICARE PROGRAM

PART 417 - HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS, AND HEALTH CARE PREPAYMENT PLANS

subpart e - INCLUSION OF QUALIFIED HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS IN EMPLOYEE HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS

417.159 - Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.

The decision of an employing entity subject to this subpart to include the HMO alternative in any health benefits plan offered to its eligible employees must be carried out consistently with the obligations imposed on that employing entity under the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other laws of similar effect.

[59 FR 49841, Sept. 30, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 27288, May 31, 1996]