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The rules contained in this document implement changes made to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (Code), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) enacted as part of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).","action":"Interim final rules with request for comments.","agencies":[{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","name":"Treasury Department","id":497,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/treasury-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/497","parent_id":null,"slug":"treasury-department"},{"raw_name":"Internal Revenue Service","name":"Internal Revenue Service","id":254,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/internal-revenue-service","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/254","parent_id":497,"slug":"internal-revenue-service"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","name":"Labor Department","id":271,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/labor-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/271","parent_id":null,"slug":"labor-department"},{"raw_name":"Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration","name":"Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration","id":404,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/pension-and-welfare-benefits-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/404","parent_id":271,"slug":"pension-and-welfare-benefits-administration"},{"raw_name":"DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","name":"Health and Human Services Department","id":221,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-and-human-services-department","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/221","parent_id":null,"slug":"health-and-human-services-department"},{"raw_name":"Health Care Financing Administration","name":"Health Care Finance Administration","id":559,"url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/agencies/health-care-finance-administration","json_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/api/v1/agencies/559","parent_id":221,"slug":"health-care-finance-administration"}],"body_html_url":"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/full_text/html/2001/01/08/01-106.html","cfr_references":[{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":54,"title":26},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":2590,"title":29},{"chapter":null,"citation_url":null,"part":146,"title":45}],"citation":"66 FR 1378","comment_url":null,"comments_close_on":null,"correction_of":null,"corrections":[],"dates":"Effective date. 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