{"id":"SEC-13-020","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States","state":"","metro":"","industry":"13","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Department of Labor (EBSA) and Department of the Treasury (IRS)","authority":"ERISA sec. 518, 29 U.S.C. 1148; I.R.C. sec. 7508A(b)","instrument":"Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak (Joint Notice), 85 Fed. Reg. 26351 (May 4, 2020)","title":"Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak","dateIssued":"2020-04-28","effective":"2020-05-04 (relief retroactive to Mar. 1, 2020)","end":"Outbreak Period defined as Mar. 1, 2020 to 60 days after the announced end of the National Emergency (limited to one year per individual by EBSA Notice 2021-01; Outbreak Period ended July 10, 2023)","startDate":"2020-05-04","endDate":"","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3","2020Q4","2021Q1","2021Q2","2021Q3"],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":["group health plans, disability and other welfare plans, pension plans, insurers, plan administrators"],"clause":"all group health plans, disability and other employee welfare benefit plans, and employee pension benefit plans subject to ERISA or the Code must disregard the period from March 1, 2020 until sixty (60) days after the announced end of the National Emergency or such other date announced by the Agencies in a future notification (the \u0027Outbreak Period\u0027) in determining [the HIPAA special enrollment period, the COBRA election period, the date for making COBRA premium payments, the date for notifying the plan of a qualifying event, the dates for filing benefit claims and appeals]","enforcement":"Rule with force of law (ERISA and the Code)","functions":["IN (insurers and plan administrators: claims, appeals, COBRA, premium-payment deadlines tolled)","WM (benefits administration)","OP"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-05-04/pdf/2020-09399.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":263290,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-13","url":"/library/SEC-13-020","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-13-020","citation":"Department of Labor (EBSA) and Department of the Treasury (IRS), Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, and Beneficiaries Affected by the COVID-19 Outbreak (Joint Notice), 85 Fed. Reg. 26351 (May 4, 2020) (Apr. 28, 2020) (Ex. SEC-13-020)","stateName":"","related":[]}