---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 158.301"
title: "45"
number: "158.301"
heading: "Standard for adjustment to the medical loss ratio."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/158.301"
---

# §158.301. Standard for adjustment to the medical loss ratio.


The Secretary may adjust the MLR standard that must be met by issuers offering coverage in the individual market in a State, as defined in section 2791 of the PHS Act, for a given MLR reporting year if, in the Secretary's discretion, the Secretary determines that there is a reasonable likelihood that an adjustment to the 80 percent MLR standard of section 2718(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act will help stabilize the individual market in that State.


## Notes

### Amendments

[83 FR 17070, Apr. 17, 2018]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 300gg-18.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 74921, Dec. 1, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[83 FR 17070, Apr. 17, 2018]