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Benefits Law Alert  March 19, 2009 

 

Labor and Employment Practice Group Leaders

 

 

 

 Contributors

 

 Hammond b&w

Edward C. Hammond

 

 

Employee Benefits:

 

Practice Group

Members

 

Stephanie J. Clifford

James M. Crowley

Jeffrey A. DeVree

Kristi R. Gauthier

Edward C. Hammond

John P. Schneider 

 

 

 

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 ("ARRA") includes provisions that expand the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 ("COBRA") by providing a federal subsidy for the payment of COBRA continuation coverage for certain employees and covered family members. 

 

 Under the ARRA, plans are required to notify certain current and former plan participants about the availability of the COBRA premium subsidy.  The Department of Labor ("DOL") has issued model notices to assist plans in complying with the new requirements under the ARRA.  Each model notice is designed for a particular group of qualified beneficiaries and contains the information necessary to help satisfy the notice requirements under the ARRA.

 

 The model notices can be obtained from the DOL website at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/COBRAmodelnotice.html.

 

If you have any questions please contact:  Edward C. Hammond at (248) 988-1821 - ehammond@clarkhill.com , John P. Schneider at (616) 608-1108 - jschneider@clarkhill.com or Kristi R. Gauthier at (248) 988-5854 - kgauthier@clarkhill.com. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For further information about the content of this Benefits Law Update, please contact Edward C. Hammond, Editor, at 248-988-1821.  To find out more about Clark Hill and our Employee Benefits team, visit clarkhill.com or call 800.949.3124

 

 

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