Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

Ingested titles 12–51 and 54 from OLRC USLM XML @119-100 (the whole Code
now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>

legal/us/code/title-42/chapter-7/section-1320d-8.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "42 U.S.C. § 1320d–8"
+description: "Processing payment transactions by financial institutions"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 42
+title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
+chapter_number: "7"
+chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY"
+section: "1320d–8"
+citation: "42 U.S.C. § 1320d–8"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 42 U.S.C. § 1320d–8 - Processing payment transactions by financial institutions
+
+## Text
+
+To the extent that an entity is engaged in activities of a financial institution (as defined in section 3401 of title 12), 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.
+
+(Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, title XI, § 1179, as added Pub. L. 104–191, title II, § 262(a), Aug. 21, 1996, 110 Stat. 2030.)