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SEC. 1560 [42 U.S.C. 18118]. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) NO EFFECT ON ANTITRUST LAWS.—Nothing in this title (or
an amendment made by this title) shall be construed to modify, impair,
or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws. For
the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘antitrust laws’’ has the
meaning given such term in subsection (a) of the first section of the
Clayton Act, except that such term includes section 5 of the Federal
Trade Commission Act to the extent that such section 5 applies
to unfair methods of competition.
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING HAWAII’S PREPAID
HEALTH CARE ACT.—Nothing in this title (or an amendment made
by this title) shall be construed to modify or limit the application
of the exemption for Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act (Haw. Rev.
Stat. §§ 393–1 et seq.) as provided for under section 514(b)(5) of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C.
1144(b)(5)).
(c) STUDENT HEALTH INSURANCE PLANS.—Nothing in this title
(or an amendment made by this title) shall be construed to prohibit
an institution of higher education (as such term is defined for purposes
of the Higher Education Act of 1965) from offering a student
health insurance plan, to the extent that such requirement is otherwise
permitted under applicable Federal, State or local law.
(d) NO EFFECT ON EXISTING REQUIREMENTS.—Nothing in this
title (or an amendment made by this title, 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 section 1413.