---
kind: "unit"
title: "45"
title_heading: "Public Welfare"
key: "subtA/subchB/part156"
level: "part"
label: "Part 156"
heading: "Health Insurance Issuer Standards under the Affordable Care Act, Including Standards Related to Exchanges"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156"
sections_count: 115
---

# Part 156 — Health Insurance Issuer Standards under the Affordable Care Act, Including Standards Related to Exchanges

Title 45 C.F.R. — Public Welfare › Subtitle A — Department of Health and Human Services › Subchapter B — Requirements Relating to Health Care Access

## Contents

- [Subpart A — General Provisions](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Essential Health Benefits Package](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Qualified Health Plan Minimum Certification Standards](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Standards for Qualified Health Plan Issuers for Specific Types of Exchanges](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Health Insurance Issuer Responsibilities With Respect to Advance Payments of the Premium Tax Credit and Cost-Sharing Reductions](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan Program](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Minimum Essential Coverage](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Oversight and Financial Integrity Standards for Issuers of Qualified Health Plans in Federally-Facilitated Exchanges](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — Enforcement Remedies in the Exchanges](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J — Administrative Review of QHP Issuer Sanctions](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartJ.md)
- [Subpart K — Cases Forwarded to Qualified Health Plans and Qualified Health Plan Issuers in Federally-facilitated Exchanges](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartK.md)
- [Subpart L — Quality Standards](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartL.md)
- [Subpart M — Qualified Health Plan Issuer Responsibilities](/cfr/45/subtA-subchB-part156-subpartM.md)