Employee Benefits Attorney Howard Bye-Torre Contributes to EBIA Article on ARPA COBRA Subsidy

Employee Benefits attorney Howard Bye-Torre contributed to an article in the EBIA Weekly entitled “DOL Issues Model Notices and FAQs on ARPA COBRA Subsidy.” The article provides highlights of the Department of Labor’s COBRA subsidy guidance recently issued under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

The article discusses guidance on issues such as:

• Individuals eligible for COBRA subsidy.
• Group health plans to which the subsidy applies.
• The extended election period available for COBRA for certain individuals.
• The applicability of outbreak period extensions to the ARPA COBRA subsidy deadlines.
• The model notices provided by the guidance.

Read “DOL Issues Model Notices and FAQs on ARPA COBRA Subsidy,” published April 8, 2021.

Howard Bye-Torre is a contributing author to EBIA’s manual COBRA: The Developing Law.