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The Department of Labor has released sample notices employers may use to meet their obligations related to the COBRA subsidy<\/a> available through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act of 2021:<\/p>\n Model General Notice and COBRA Continuation Coverage Election Notice<\/strong>:\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Also available in Spanish\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a> Model Notice in Connection with Extended Election Period<\/strong>:\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Also available in Spanish\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a> Model Alternative Notice<\/strong>:\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Also available in Spanish\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a> Model Notice of Expiration of Premium Assistance<\/strong>:\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Also available in Spanish\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a> Summary of COBRA Premium Assistance Provisions under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021<\/strong>:\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Also available in Spanish\u00a0MS Word<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PDF<\/a> Get more information on the COBRA subsidy from the U.S. Department of Labor<\/a>, and see FAQs<\/a> about the COBRA and the ARP Act.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Employers – download these model COBRA subsidy notices to ensure you are meeting your obligations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[232],"tags":[241,234,194,20],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-9890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gtm-biz-blog-isolved","tag-arpa","tag-cobra","tag-covid-19","tag-employee-benefits"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9890"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9893,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9890\/revisions\/9893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9890"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtm.com\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=9890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nFor use by group health plans for qualified beneficiaries who have qualifying events occurring from April 1, 2021, through September 30, 2021<\/p>\n
\nFor use by group health plans for qualified beneficiaries currently enrolled in COBRA continuation coverage, due to a reduction in hours or involuntary termination (Assistance Eligible Individuals), as well as those who would currently be Assistance Eligible Individuals if they had elected and\/or maintained COBRA continuation coverage<\/p>\n
\nFor use by insured coverage subject to state continuation requirements between April 1, 2021, and September 30, 2021. Employers should check with their insurance carriers on the process to be used for state continuation coverage (“mini-COBRA”)<\/p>\n
\nFor use by group health plans to Assistance Eligible Individuals 15-45 days before their premium assistance expires<\/p>\n
\nThis should be included and sent with each copy of the Model General\/Election Notice, Notice in Connection with Extended Election Period, and Model Alternative Notice.<\/p>\n