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[CITE: 42USC300gg-6]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
   SUBCHAPTER XXV--REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
 
                      Part A--Group Market Reforms
 
                      subpart 2--other requirements
 
Sec. 300gg-6. Required coverage for reconstructive surgery 
        following mastectomies
        
    The provisions of section 1185b of title 29 shall apply to group 
health plans, and health insurance issuers providing health insurance 
coverage in connection with group health plans, as if included in this 
subpart.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, Sec. 2706, as added Pub. L. 105-
277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title IX, Sec. 903(a)], Oct. 21, 1998, 112 
Stat. 2681-337, 2681-438.)


                             Effective Date

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. A, Sec. 101(f) [title IX, Sec. 903(c)(1)], 
Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-337, 2681-438, provided that:
    ``(A) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) [enacting 
this section] shall apply to group health plans for plan years beginning 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].
    ``(B) Special rule for collective bargaining agreements.--In the 
case of a group health plan maintained pursuant to 1 or more collective 
bargaining agreements between employee representatives and 1 or more 
employers, any plan amendment made pursuant to a collective bargaining 
agreement relating to the plan which amends the plan solely to conform 
to any requirement added by the amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
not be treated as a termination of such collective bargaining 
agreement.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 300gg-52 of this title.
