{"id":"SEC-13-023","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"13","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury","authority":"FFCRA sec. 6001 (Pub. L. 116-127) as amended by CARES Act sec. 3201; CARES Act sec. 3202","instrument":"FAQs About Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Implementation Part 42","title":"FAQs Part 42","dateIssued":"2020-04-11","effective":"statute effective Mar. 18, 2020 for the emergency period","end":"end of the PHE (May 11, 2023)","startDate":"2020-03-18","endDate":"2023-05-11","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER","HC"],"addressees":["group health plans and health insurance issuers"],"clause":"Section 6001 of the FFCRA generally requires group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage... to provide benefits for certain items and services related to testing for the detection of SARS-CoV-2... without imposing any cost-sharing requirements (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance), prior authorization, or other medical management requirements.... Plans and issuers are required to comply with section 6001 of the FFCRA as of March 18, 2020... Section 3202(a) of the CARES Act provides that a plan or issuer providing coverage of items and services described in section 6001(a) of the FFCRA shall reimburse the provider of the diagnostic testing [at the negotiated rate or the cash price]","enforcement":"ERISA, the Code and the PHS Act","functions":["IN (every health insurer\u0027s claims, pricing and reimbursement functions)","CB"],"notes":"Statutory coverage mandate in force every day of the claim period from Mar. 18, 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/aca-part-42.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200421080209/https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/ebsa/about-ebsa/our-activities/resource-center/faqs/aca-part-42.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":160385,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-13","url":"/library/SEC-13-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-13-023","citation":"Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury, FAQs About Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act Implementation Part 42 (Apr. 11, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-023)","stateName":"","related":["FED-170"]}