effective dates

effective dates Sec. 118. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the amendments made by this title shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act. (b) (1) The amendments made by sections 101, 102, 103, 104, and 106 shall (A) apply with respect to grants, contracts, loans, and loan guarantees made under sections 1303, 1304, and 1305 of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1976, (B) apply with respect to health benefit plans offered under section 1310 of such Act after such date, and (C) for purposes of section 1312 take effect October 1, 1976. (2) Subsection (d) of section 1301 of the Public Health Service Act (added by section 103(b) of this Act) shall take effect with respect to fiscal years of health maintenance organizations beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. (3) The amendments made by section 107 shall apply with respect to grants, contracts, loans, and loan guarantees made under sections 1303, 1304, and 1305 of the Public Health Service Act for fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1976. (4) The amendments made by sections 109(a) (1) and 109(c) shall apply with respect to loan guarantees made under section 1305 of the Public Health Service Act after September 30, 1976. (5) The amendment made by section 109(e) shall apply with respect to projects assisted under section 1304 of the Public Health Service Act after September 30, 1976. (6) The amendments made by paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 110(a) shall apply with respect to calendar quarters which begin after the date of the enactment of this Act. 90 STAT. 1956 (7) The amendments made by paragraphs (3) and (4) of section 110 shall apply with respect to failures of employers to comply with section 1310(a) of the Public Health Service Act after the date of the enactment of this Act. (8) The amendment made by section 111 shall apply with respect to determinations of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare described in section 1312(a) of the Public Health Service Act, and made after the date of the enactment of this Act.