Required PPACA Notices

Here are a list of Notices that you must provide to all of your employees (and COBRA or state continuation enrollees) beginning with plan years or policy years beginning on or after September 23, 2010, as required by the PPACA.

You can obtain and modify the notices on the Department of Labor Website (click the Notice name below). For your convenience, we have also compiled them as a Sample Notice on our website.

• Model Language for Notice of Opportunity to Enroll in connection with Extension of Dependent Coverage to Age 26
• Model Language Notice Lifetime Limit No Longer Applies and Enrollment Opportunity
• Model Language Notice Patient Protection Disclosure
• Model Language Notice Grandfathered Health Plan

UPDATE - For groups with plan years or policy years beginning on or after September 23, 2011, only Grandfathered groups are required to distribute the PPACA Grandfathered Notice. Sample Grandfathered PPACA Notice 

 

 

Health Care Reform September 23, 2010 Requirements/Provisions

Attached is an overview of the Health Care Reform requirements effective September 23, 2010.

Items addressed include:

• Grandfathered plans
• Grandfathered vs. Non-Grandfathered Provisions Chart
• Provisions effective 9/23/10 (Dependent coverage to age 26, removal of pre-existing condition exclusions for children, annual & lifetime limits, recissions, preventive care visits, and patient protections)
• Required PPACA notices