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DOL/EBSA RIN: 1210-AB69 Publication ID: Fall 2015 
Title: Summary of Benefits and Coverage and Uniform Glossary  
Abstract:

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (the Affordable Care Act) amended title I of ERISA, by adding a new section 715 which encompasses various health reform provisions of the Public Health Service (PHS) Act.   Section 2715 of the PHS Act directs the Departments of Labor, Treasury, and Health and Human Services to develop standards for use by a group health plan and a health insurance issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage in compiling and providing a summary of benefits and coverage (SBC) that accurately describes the benefits and coverage under the applicable plan or coverage.  PHS Act section 2715 also calls for the development of standards for the definitions of terms used in health insurance coverage. 

 

 

 
Agency: Department of Labor(DOL)  Priority: Other Significant 
RIN Status: Previously published in the Unified Agenda Agenda Stage of Rulemaking: Completed Actions 
Major: No  Unfunded Mandates: No 
CFR Citation: 29 CFR 2590   
Legal Authority: 29 U.S.C. 1027, 1059, 1135, 1161-1169    29 U.S.C. 1181-1183, 1181 (note), 1185, 1185a, 1185b, 1185d    29 U.S.C. 1191, 1191a, 1191b and 1191c    sec 101(g), Pub. L. 104-191, 110 Stat. 1936    sec 401(b), Pub. L. 105-200, 112 Stat. 645 (42 U.S.C. 651 note)    sec 512(d), Pub. L. 110-343, 122 Stat. 3881    sec 1001, 1201 and 1562(e), Pub. L. 111-148, 124 Stat. 119, as amended by Pub. L. 111-152, 124 Stat. 1029    Secretary of Labor's Order 1-2011, 77 FR 1088 (Jan. 9, 2012)   
Legal Deadline:  None
Timetable:
Action Date FR Cite
NPRM  12/23/2014  79 FR 78578   
NPRM Comment Period End  03/02/2015 
Final Rule  06/16/2015  80 FR 34292   
Final Rule Effective  08/17/2015 
Regulatory Flexibility Analysis Required: No  Government Levels Affected: Federal, Local, State, Tribal 
Federalism: No 
Included in the Regulatory Plan: No 
RIN Data Printed in the FR: No 
Agency Contact:
Amy J. Turner
Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance
Department of Labor
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Room N5677, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., FP Building, Room N-5653,
Washington, DC 20210
Phone:202 693-8335
Fax:202 219-1942