---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 156.1250"
title: "45"
number: "156.1250"
heading: "Acceptance of certain third party payments."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/156.1250"
---

# §156.1250. Acceptance of certain third party payments.


Issuers offering individual market QHPs, including stand-alone dental plans, and their downstream entities, must accept premium and cost-sharing payments for the QHPs from the following third-party entities from plan enrollees (in the case of a downstream entity, to the extent the entity routinely collects premiums or cost sharing):

- (a) A Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program under title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act;
- (b) An Indian tribe, tribal organization, or urban Indian organization; and
- (c) A local, State, or Federal government program, including a grantee directed by a government program to make payments on its behalf.

## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 12352, Mar. 8, 2016]

### Source

Source: 78 FR 54143, Aug. 30, 2013, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 18021-18024, 18031-18032, 18041-18042, 18044, 18054, 18061, 18063, 18071, 18082, and 26 U.S.C. 36B.

### Source

Source: 76 FR 77411, Dec. 13, 2011, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 12352, Mar. 8, 2016]