<section xmlns="http://xml.house.gov/schemas/uslm/1.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" style="-uslm-lc:I80" id="id08fe908b-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s18118"><num value="18118">§ 18118.</num><heading> Rules of construction</heading><subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id08fe908c-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s18118/a"><num value="a" class="bold">(a)</num><heading class="bold"> No effect on antitrust laws</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this title <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn004251">1</ref><note type="footnote" id="fn004251"><num>1</num> See References in Text note below.</note> (or an amendment made by this title) <ref class="footnoteRef" idref="fn004251">1</ref> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s12">section 12 of title 15</ref>, except that such term includes <ref href="/us/usc/t15/s45">section 45 of title 15</ref> to the extent that such section 45 applies to unfair methods of competition.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id08fe908d-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s18118/b"><num value="b" class="bold">(b)</num><heading class="bold"> Rule of construction regarding Hawaii’s Prepaid Health Care Act</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this title <sup>1</sup> (or an amendment made by this title) <sup>1</sup> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t29/s1144/b/5">section 1144(b)(5) of title 29</ref>.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id08fe908e-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s18118/c"><num value="c" class="bold">(c)</num><heading class="bold"> Student health insurance plans</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this title <sup>1</sup> (or an amendment made by this title) <sup>1</sup> shall be construed to prohibit an institution of higher education (as such term is defined for purposes of the Higher Education Act of 1965 [<ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</ref> 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.</p>
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<subsection style="-uslm-lc:I19" class="indent2 firstIndent-2" id="id08fe908f-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93" identifier="/us/usc/t42/s18118/d"><num value="d" class="bold">(d)</num><heading class="bold"> No effect on existing requirements</heading><content><p style="-uslm-lc:I11" class="indent0">Nothing in this title <sup>1</sup> (or an amendment made by this title,<sup>1</sup> 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 <ref href="/us/usc/t42/s18083">section 18083 of this title</ref>.</p>
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<sourceCredit id="id08fe9090-a3ff-11ea-86ff-83cda9c31b93">(<ref href="/us/pl/111/148/tI/s1560">Pub. L. 111–148, title I, § 1560</ref>, <date date="2010-03-23">Mar. 23, 2010</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/124/261">124 Stat. 261</ref>.)</sourceCredit>
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<heading class="centered smallCaps">References in Text</heading><p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">This title, where footnoted in text, is title I of <ref href="/us/pl/111/148">Pub. L. 111–148</ref>, <date date="2010-03-23">Mar. 23, 2010</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/124/130">124 Stat. 130</ref>, which enacted this chapter and enacted, amended, and transferred numerous other sections and notes in the Code. For complete classification of title I to the Code, see Tables.</p>
<p style="-uslm-lc:I21" class="indent0">The Higher Education Act of 1965, referred to in subsec. (c), is <ref href="/us/pl/89/329">Pub. L. 89–329</ref>, <date date="1965-11-08">Nov. 8, 1965</date>, <ref href="/us/stat/79/1219">79 Stat. 1219</ref>, which is classified generally to chapter 28 (§ 1001 et seq.) of Title 20, Education. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under <ref href="/us/usc/t20/s1001">section 1001 of Title 20</ref> and Tables.</p>
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