The COVID Project
The record
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Level
- Federal
- Authority
- ARPA sec. 9501 (COBRA premium assistance); ERISA; the Code; PHS Act
- Issued
- 2021-04-07 Apr. 7, 2021
- Effective
- 2021-04-01
- End
- 2021-09-30
- In force
- Apr. 1, 2021 to Sept. 30, 2021
- Quarters
- 2021 Q22021 Q3
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Other
- Addressees
- group health plans, insurers, plan administrators, employers
- Functions reached
- IN (insurers and administrators: subsidized coverage, notices, election periods, premium accounting)
- WM (benefits)
- OP
- Collection
- Financial Services SEC-13
Operative words
Section 9501 of the ARP provides for COBRA premium assistance to help Assistance Eligible Individuals... continue their health benefits.... The premium assistance applies to periods of health coverage on or after April 1, 2021 through September 30, 2021.... [plans and issuers must provide the notice of the extended election period] within 60 days of the first day of the first month beginning after the date of enactment
Enforcement
Statutory mandate (ARPA sec. 9501; excise tax under I.R.C. sec. 4980B for failures); the statute is FED-174
Notes
A statutory mandate on every insurer and plan administrator whose dates are exactly the second and third quarters of 2021.