---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 157.10"
title: "45"
number: "157.10"
heading: "Basis and scope."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/157.10"
---

# §157.10. Basis and scope.

- (a) **Basis.** This part is based on the following sections of title I of the Affordable Care:
  - (1) 1311. Affordable choices of health benefits plans.
  - (2) 1312. Consumer Choice.
  - (3) 1321. State flexibility in operation and enforcement of Exchanges and related requirements.
  - (4) 1411. Procedures for determining eligibility for Exchange participation, advance payments of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions, and individual responsibility exemptions.
  - (5) 1412. Advance determination and payment of the premium tax credit and cost-sharing reductions.
- (b) **Scope.** This part establishes the requirements for employers in connection with the operation of Exchanges.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Title I of the Affordable Care Act, Sections 1311, 1312, 1321, 1411, 1412, Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 199.

### Source

Source: 77 FR 18474, Mar. 27, 2012, unless otherwise noted.