---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 154.103"
title: "45"
number: "154.103"
heading: "Applicability."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/154.103"
---

# §154.103. Applicability.

- (a) **In general.** The requirements of this part apply to health insurance issuers offering health insurance coverage in the individual market and small group market.
- (b) **Exceptions.** The requirements of this part do not apply to—
  - (1) Grandfathered health plan coverage as defined in [§ 147.140](/cfr/45/147.140.md) of this subchapter;
  - (2) Excepted benefits as described in section 2791(c) of the PHS Act; and
  - (3) For coverage effective on or after July 1, 2018, student health insurance coverage as defined in [§ 147.145](/cfr/45/147.145.md) of this subchapter.

## Notes

### Amendments

[76 FR 29985, May 23, 2011, as amended at 83 FR 17060, Apr. 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: Section 2794 of the Public Health Service Act (42 USC 300gg-94).

### Source

Source: 76 FR 29985, May 23, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[76 FR 29985, May 23, 2011, as amended at 83 FR 17060, Apr. 17, 2018]