---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 156.215"
title: "45"
number: "156.215"
heading: "Advance payments of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction standards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/156.215"
---

# §156.215. Advance payments of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reduction standards.

- (a) **Standards relative to advance payments of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions.** In order for a health plan to be certified as a QHP initially and to maintain certification to be offered in the individual market on the Exchange, the issuer must meet the requirements related to the administration of cost-sharing reductions and advance payments of the premium tax credit set forth in subpart E of this part.
- (b) [Reserved]

## Notes

### Amendments

[78 FR 15535, Mar. 11, 2013]

### Source

Source: 77 FR 18469, Mar. 27, 2012, 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

[78 FR 15535, Mar. 11, 2013]