42 USC § 18120 - Application

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s18120"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 18120 - Application"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "18120"
section_name: "Application"
chapter_number: 157
chapter_name: "QUALITY, AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1563(d), formerly § 1562(d), title X, § 10107(b)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 269, 911.)"
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# § 18120. Application

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, nothing in such Act (or an amendment made by such Act) shall be construed to—

**(1)** prohibit (or authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to promulgate regulations that prohibit) a group health plan or health insurance issuer from carrying out utilization management techniques that are commonly used as of March 23, 2010; or

**(2)** restrict the application of the amendments made by this subtitle.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1563(d), formerly § 1562(d), title X, § 10107(b)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 269, 911.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to in text, is , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

The amendments made by this subtitle, referred to in par. (2), mean the amendments made by subtitle G (§§ 1551–1563) of title I of , which enacted , sections 4980H, 5000A, 6055, 6056, and 9815 of Title 26, Internal Revenue Code, and sections 218a to 218c and 1185d of Title 29, Labor, amended sections 300gg–1 to 300gg–3, 300gg–9, 300gg–11, 300gg–12, 300gg–21 to 300gg–23, 300gg–25 to 300gg–28, 300gg–62, and 300gg–91 of this title, sections 125 and 6724 of Title 26, and sections 921 and 932 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

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