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[CITE: 42USC1320d-8]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                  Part C--Administrative Simplification
 
Sec. 1320d-8. Processing payment transactions by financial 
        institutions
        
    To the extent that an entity is engaged in activities of a financial 
institution (as defined in section 3401 of title 12), or is engaged in 
authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, transferring, 
reconciling, or collecting payments, for a financial institution, this 
part, and any standard adopted under this part, shall not apply to the 
entity with respect to such activities, including the following:
        (1) The use or disclosure of information by the entity for 
    authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing, transferring, 
    reconciling or collecting, a payment for, or related to, health plan 
    premiums or health care, where such payment is made by any means, 
    including a credit, debit, or other payment card, an account, check, 
    or electronic funds transfer.
        (2) The request for, or the use or disclosure of, information by 
    the entity with respect to a payment described in paragraph (1)--
            (A) for transferring receivables;
            (B) for auditing;
            (C) in connection with--
                (i) a customer dispute; or
                (ii) an inquiry from, or to, a customer;

            (D) in a communication to a customer of the entity regarding 
        the customer's transactions, payment card, account, check, or 
        electronic funds transfer;
            (E) for reporting to consumer reporting agencies; or
            (F) for complying with--
                (i) a civil or criminal subpoena; or
                (ii) a Federal or State law regulating the entity.

(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, Sec. 1179, as added Pub. L. 104-191, 
title II, Sec. 262(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2030.)
