Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance

1210-AB65 201410 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 1200 Department of Labor DOL Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Health Care Continuation Coverage

The proposed amendment will eliminate the current version of the model general notice contained in the appendix of § 2590.606–1 and the model election notice contained in the appendix of § 2590.606–1 as these model notices are outdated. Additionally, these proposed regulations make technical changes to the instruction language pointing to the model notices in the appendices in paragraph (g) of § 2590.606–1 and paragraph (g) of § 2590.606–4. These changes will permit the Department to amend the model notices as necessary and provide the most current versions of the model notices on the Department's website. These changes will also eliminate confusion that may result from multiple versions of the model notices being available in different locations. Contemporaneous with issuance of these proposed regulations, the Department is also issuing updated model notices that reflect that coverage is now available in the Marketplace and provide information on special enrollment rights in the Marketplace, as well as guidance announcing the availability of such updated notices.

]]> Other Significant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Not Yet Determined Not Yet Determined No NPRM 05/07/2014 79 FR 26192 NPRM Comment Period End 07/07/2014 Analyze Comments 11/00/2014 Undetermined Undetermined No No No Amy Turner J. Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA 202 693-8335 202 219-1942 Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653, Washington DC 20210