CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER IV—CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER B—MEDICARE PROGRAM (parts 405 to 426) > PART 417—HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS, COMPETITIVE MEDICAL PLANS, AND HEALTH CARE PREPAYMENT PLANS > SUBPART E—Inclusion of Qualified Health Maintenance Organizations in Employee Health Benefits Plans (§417.150 to §417.159) > 417.159—Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.

417.159—Relationship of section 1310 of the Public Health Service Act to the National Labor Relations Act and the Railway Labor Act.

The decision of an employing entity subject to this subpart to include the HMO alternative in any health benefits plan offered to its eligible employees must be carried out consistently with the obligations imposed on that employing entity under the National Labor Relations Act, the Railway Labor Act, and other laws of similar effect.
[59 FR 49841, Sept. 30, 1994, as amended at 61 FR 27288, May 31, 1996]