[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 8, 1997)] [Rules and Regulations] [Page 17004] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 97-8933] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Internal Revenue Service 26 CFR Part 54 [TD 8716] RIN 1545-AV05 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration 29 CFR Part 2590 RIN 1210-AA54 Interim Rules for Health Insurance Portability for Group Health Plans AGENCIES: Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor. ACTION: Interim rules: Correction. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: This document contains a correction regarding the preamble to the interim rules governing access, portability and renewability requirements for group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage offered in connection with a group health plan that were published elsewhere in this issue of the Federal Register. A sentence in the preamble to the interim rules was inadvertently dropped. This document adds this sentence. EFFECTIVE DATE: June 1, 1997. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Connor, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, at 202-219-4377; Diane Pedulla, Plan Benefits Security Division, Office of the Solicitor, Department of Labor, at 202-219-4377; or Russ Weinheimer, Internal Revenue Service, at 202-622- 4695. These are not toll-free numbers. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The last sentence of the first paragraph of the preamble to the interim rules entitled section ``M. Paperwork Reduction Act--Department of Labor and Department of the Treasury'' is inadvertently missing. This document adds this sentence to the preamble to the interim rules. The sentence reads ``An agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information unless it displays a valid control number assigned by the Office of Management and Budget''. Signed at Washington, DC, this 3rd day of April, 1997. Olena Berg, Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, U.S. Department of Labor. Dale D. Goode, Federal Register Liaison, Assistant Chief Counsel (Corporate), U.S. Department of the Treasury. [FR Doc. 97-8933 Filed 4-3-97; 12:49 pm] BILLING CODE 4830-01-P, 4510-29-P