---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 150.205"
title: "45"
number: "150.205"
heading: "Sources of information triggering an investigation of State enforcement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/150.205"
---

# §150.205. Sources of information triggering an investigation of State enforcement.


Information that may trigger an investigation of State enforcement includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:

- (a) **A complaint received by CMS.**
- (b) **Information learned during informal contact between CMS and State officials.**
- (c) **A report in the news media.**
- (d) Information from the governors and commissioners of insurance of the various States regarding the status of their enforcement of PHS Act requirements.
- (e) **Information obtained during periodic review of State health care legislation.** CMS may review State health care and insurance legislation and regulations to determine whether they are:
  - (1) **Consistent with PHS Act requirements.**
  - (2) Not pre-empted as provided in [§ 146.143](/cfr/45/146.143.md) (relating to group market provisions) and [§ 148.120](/cfr/45/148.120.md) (relating to individual market requirements) on the basis that they prevent the application of a PHS Act requirement.
- (f) **Any other information that indicates a possible failure to substantially enforce.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, as amended at 78 FR 13440, Feb. 27, 2013; 86 FR 24286, May 5, 2021]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg through 300gg-63, 300gg-91, and 300gg-92, as amended.

### Source

Source: 64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[64 FR 45795, Aug. 20, 1999, as amended at 78 FR 13440, Feb. 27, 2013; 86 FR 24286, May 5, 2021]