Pennsylvania Code
Pennsylvania Code & Bulletin
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA

• No statutes or acts will be found at this website.

The Pennsylvania Bulletin website includes the following: Rulemakings by State agencies; Proposed Rulemakings by State agencies; State agency notices; the Governor’s Proclamations and Executive Orders; Actions by the General Assembly; and Statewide and local court rules.

PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 97-1196

NOTICESNOTICES

Interim Use of Federal Health Reform Regulations

[27 Pa.B. 3725]

   On June 25, 1997, Act 29 of 1997, The Pennsylvania Health Care Insurance Portability Act (Act 29) was signed into law effective July 1, 1997. Act 29 implements health insurance reform requirements of the Federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA) (P. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936) in Pennsylvania. The Insurance Department has begun the process of developing regulations (under the authority of section 6 of Act 29) to implement Act 29. Until these regulations are promulgated, the Department intends to utilize the Federal interim rules for HIPAA published April 8, 1997 in the Federal Register (Vol. 62, No. 67, pages 16894 to 17005), and the final Federal regulations as adopted, as a guideline for the Department and industry. Upon promulgation of the Department's regulations under Act 29, this notice will be deemed withdrawn and become ineffective.

   Written questions or comments regarding this matter can be directed to Geoffrey Dunaway, Director, Bureau of Accident and Health Insurance, Insurance Department, 1311 Strawberry Square, Harrisburg, PA 17120.

GREGORY S. MARTINO,   
Acting Insurance Commissioner

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 97-1196. Filed for public inspection July 25, 1997, 9:00 a.m.]


No part of the information on this site may be reproduced for profit or sold for profit.

This material has been drawn directly from the official Pennsylvania Bulletin full text database. Due to the limitations of HTML or differences in display capabilities of different browsers, this version may differ slightly from the official printed version.