ACA FAQ XIX - Model COBRA notice update, cost-sharing limitations and preventative services

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration updated its Affordable Care Act web page with the following:

• Affordable Care Act Implementation FAQs Part XIX – addressing updated DOL model notices, limitations on cost-sharing, coverage of preventive services, health FSA carryover and excepted benefits, and the Summary of Benefits and Coverage requirements of PHS Act §2715, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-aca19.html
• Updated COBRA Model Notices:
• Updated COBRA Model General Notice, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/modelgeneralnotice.doc
• Updated COBRA Model Election Notice, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/modelelectionnotice.doc
• Updated CHIP Notice, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/chipmodelnotice.doc
• Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, available at http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/cobranprm.pdf
• HHS Bulletin Allowing COBRA Qualified Beneficiaries to Enroll in the Health Insurance Marketplace, available at http://www.cms.gov/CCIIO/Resources/Regulations-and-Guidance/Downloads/SEP-and-hardship-FAQ-5-1-2014.pdf