Executive Summary: The
Departments of Labor (DOL), Health and Human Services (HHS), and
the Treasury recently issued an additional guidance providing
answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) regarding the
implementation of the summary and benefits coverage provisions of
the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA)1. This guidance, entitled "FAQs about
Affordable Care Act Implementation Part IX," is available at:
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/faqs/faq-aca9.html.
The SBC requirements become effective for participants who
enroll or re-enroll during open enrollment as of the first day of
the first annual enrollment period that begins on or after
September 23, 2012. For participants or beneficiaries who
enroll in the plan outside of open enrollment (for example, newly
eligible employees or special enrollees), the effective date is the
first day of the first plan year that begins on or after September
23, 2012.
