{"identifier":"/us/usc/t42/s18118","title":42,"num":"\u00a7\u202f18118.","heading":"Rules of construction","text":"\u00a7\u202f18118.\nRules of construction\n(a)\nNo effect on antitrust laws\nNothing in this title\n1\n1 See References in Text note below.\n1\nsection 12 of title 15\nsection 45 of title 15\n(b)\nRule of construction regarding Hawaii\u2019s Prepaid Health Care Act\nNothing in this title\n1\n1\nsection 1144(b)(5) of title 29\n(c)\nStudent health insurance plans\nNothing in this title\n1\n1\n20 U.S.C. 1001\n(d)\nNo effect on existing requirements\nNothing in this title\n1\n1\nsection 18083 of this title","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t42/s18118.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18118","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f18118."},{"t":"heading","text":"Rules of construction"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18118/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"No effect on antitrust laws"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Nothing in this title\u202f","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"1"},{"t":"num","text":"1","tail":"\u202fSee References in Text note below."},{"t":"text","text":"\u202fSee References in Text note below.","tail":" (or an amendment made by this title)\u202f"},{"t":"ref","text":"1","tail":" shall be construed to modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws. For the purposes of this section, the term \u201cantitrust laws\u201d has the meaning given such term in subsection (a) of "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 12 of title 15","href":"/us/usc/t15/s12","tail":", except that such term includes "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 45 of title 15","href":"/us/usc/t15/s45","tail":" to the extent that such section 45 applies to unfair methods of competition."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18118/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Rule of construction regarding Hawaii\u2019s Prepaid Health Care Act"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Nothing in this title\u202f","children":[{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" (or an amendment made by this title)\u202f"},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" shall be construed to modify or limit the application of the exemption for Hawaii\u2019s Prepaid Health Care Act (Haw. Rev. Stat. \u00a7\u00a7\u202f393\u20131 et seq.) as provided for under "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 1144(b)(5) of title 29","href":"/us/usc/t29/s1144/b/5","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18118/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Student health insurance plans"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Nothing in this title\u202f","children":[{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" (or an amendment made by this title)\u202f"},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" shall be construed to prohibit an institution of higher education (as such term is defined for purposes of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ["},{"t":"ref","text":"20 U.S.C. 1001","href":"/us/usc/t20/s1001","tail":" et seq.]) from offering a student health insurance plan, to the extent that such requirement is otherwise permitted under applicable Federal, State or local law."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t42/s18118/d","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(d)"},{"t":"heading","text":"No effect on existing requirements"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Nothing in this title\u202f","children":[{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" (or an amendment made by this title,"},{"t":"text","text":"1","tail":" unless specified by direct statutory reference) shall be construed to modify any existing Federal requirement concerning the State agency responsible for determining eligibility for programs identified in "},{"t":"ref","text":"section 18083 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t42/s18083","tail":"."}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}