SEC. 1179. Processing payment transactions by financial institutions
Title[ Title II\Subtitle F\Sec. 262 Contents
``Sec. 1179. To <<NOTE: 42 USC 1320d-8.>> the extent that an entity
is engaged in activities of a financial institution (as defined in
section 1101 of the Right to Financial Privacy Act of 1978), or is
engaged in authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing,
transferring, reconciling, or collecting payments, for a financial
institution, this part, and any standard adopted under this part, shall
not apply to the entity with respect to such activities, including the
following:
``(1) The use or disclosure of information by the entity for
authorizing, processing, clearing, settling, billing,
transferring, reconciling or collecting, a payment for, or
related to, health plan premiums or health care, where such
payment is made by any means, including a credit, debit, or
other payment card, an account, check, or electronic funds
transfer.
``(2) The request for, or the use or disclosure of,
information by the entity with respect to a payment described in
paragraph (1)--
``(A) for transferring receivables;
``(B) for auditing;
``(C) in connection with--
``(i) a customer dispute; or
``(ii) an inquiry from, or to, a customer;
``(D) in a communication to a customer of the entity
regarding the customer's transactions, payment card,
account, check, or electronic funds transfer;
``(E) for reporting to consumer reporting agencies;
or
``(F) for complying with--
``(i) a civil or criminal subpoena; or
``(ii) a Federal or State law regulating the
entity.''.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Requirement for medicare providers.--Section 1866(a)(1)
(42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended--
(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
(P);
(B) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (Q) and inserting ``; and''; and
(C) by inserting immediately after subparagraph (Q)
the following new subparagraph:
``(R) to contract only with a health care clearinghouse (as
defined in section 1171) that meets each standard and
implementation specification adopted or established under part C
of title XI on or after the date on which the health care
clearinghouse is required to comply with the standard or
specification.''.
(2) Title heading.--Title XI (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is
amended by striking the title heading and inserting the
following:
``TITLE XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE
SIMPLIFICATION''.
Contents
Contents
Prev
Next
Last
