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[CITE: 42USC300gg-92]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
   SUBCHAPTER XXV--REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
 
              Part C--Definitions; Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 300gg-92. Regulations

    The Secretary, consistent with section 104 of the Health Care 
Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, may promulgate such 
regulations as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the 
provisions of this subchapter. The Secretary may promulgate any interim 
final rules as the Secretary determines are appropriate to carry out 
this subchapter.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title XXVII, Sec. 2792, as added Pub. L. 104-
191, title I, Sec. 102(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 1976.)

                       References in Text

    Section 104 of the Health Care Portability and Accountability Act of 
1996, referred to in text, probably means section 104 of the Health 
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, Pub. L. 104-191, 
set out below.


 Assuring Coordination Among Departments of Treasury, Health and Human 
                           Services, and Labor

    Section 104 of Pub. L. 104-191 provided that: ``The Secretary of the 
Treasury, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary 
of Labor shall ensure, through the execution of an interagency 
memorandum of understanding among such Secretaries, that--
        ``(1) regulations, rulings, and interpretations issued by such 
    Secretaries relating to the same matter over which two or more such 
    Secretaries have responsibility under this subtitle [subtitle A 
    (Secs. 101-104) of title I of Pub. L. 104-191, enacting this 
    section, sections 300gg, 300gg-1, 300gg-11 to 300gg-13, 300gg-21 to 
    300gg-23, and 300gg-91 of this title, and sections 1181 to 1183 and 
    1191 to 1191c of Title 29, Labor, amending sections 300e and 300bb-8 
    of this title and sections 1003, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1132, 1136, and 
    1144 of Title 29, and enacting provisions set out as notes under 
    section 300gg of this title and section 1181 of Title 29] (and the 
    amendments made by this subtitle and section 401 [enacting sections 
    9801 to 9806 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code]) are administered 
    so as to have the same effect at all times; and
        ``(2) coordination of policies relating to enforcing the same 
    requirements through such Secretaries in order to have a coordinated 
    enforcement strategy that avoids duplication of enforcement efforts 
    and assigns priorities in enforcement.''
