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title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
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# 42 U.S.C. § 18120 - Application
## Text
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.
(Pub. L. 111148, title I, § 1563(d), formerly § 1562(d), title X, § 10107(b)(1), Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 269, 911.)
## Notes
Editorial Notes
References in TextThe Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 111148, Mar. 23, 2010, 124 Stat. 119. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 18001 of this title and Tables. The amendments made by this subtitle, referred to in par. (2), mean the amendments made by subtitle G (§§ 15511563) of title I of Pub. L. 111148, which enacted section 300jj51 of this title, 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 300gg1 to 300gg3, 300gg9, 300gg11, 300gg12, 300gg21 to 300gg23, 300gg25 to 300gg28, 300gg62, and 300gg91 of this title, sections 125 and 6724 of Title 26, and sections 921 and 932 of Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Codification Another section 1563 of Pub. L. 111148 is classified to section 18119 of this title.