To: Local Government Agency Benefits Coordinators From: Benefits Administration Re: Marketplace required notice - Sample letter The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide a notice of coverage options to each employee, regardless of plan enrollment status (if applicable) or of part-time or full-time status. As we committed to you earlier, with this memo we are sharing the notice that we are using with state employees along with other relevant information and the web links to federal resources about this requirement. Please feel free to use the sample notice that we have provided, adding information specific to your agency, or, develop your own. Employers are not required to provide a separate notice to dependents or other individuals who are or may become eligible for coverage under the plan but who are not employees. Employers are required to provide the notice to each new employee at the time of hiring. The Department (U.S. Department of Labor) will consider a notice to be provided at the time of hiring if the notice is provided within 14 days of an employee’s start date. You can find background on the notice to inform employees of coverage options here: The notice must be provided in writing in a manner calculated to be understood by the average employee. Here is a link to the required model notice: for employers who offer a health plan to some or all employees | | Following is a sample letter with the “basic information about health coverage” section completed for you. You will need to complete all of the sections highlighted in yellow and mail your letter to your employees. As stated above, you will need to provide this information to all new hires within 14 days of an employee’s start date. With regard to number 15, question a. How much would the employee have to pay in premiums for this plan? Following are the total premium amounts for the Employee Only lowest cost CDHP Plan. You should report the amount that your employee would pay after subtracting the portion you pay as an employer. Premium Level 1: $434 Premium Level 2: $483 Premium Level 3: $525 New Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage PART A: General Information There is a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. To assist you as you evaluate options for you and your family, this notice provides some basic information about the new Marketplace and employment based health coverage offered by your employer.
To: Local Government Agency Benefits Coordinators From: Benefits Administration Re: Marketplace required notice - Sample letter The Affordable Care Act requires employers to provide a notice of coverage options to each employee, regardless of plan enrollment status (if applicable) or of part-time or full-time status. As we committed to you earlier, with this memo we are sharing the notice that we are using with state employees along with other relevant information and the web links to federal resources about this requirement. Please feel free to use the sample notice that we have provided, adding information specific to your agency, or, develop your own. Employers are not required to provide a separate notice to dependents or other individuals who are or may become eligible for coverage under the plan but who are not employees. Employers are required to provide the notice to each new employee at the time of hiring. The Department (U.S. Department of Labor) will consider a notice to be provided at the time of hiring if the notice is provided within 14 days of an employee’s start date. You can find background on the notice to inform employees of coverage options here: The notice must be provided in writing in a manner calculated to be understood by the average employee. Here is a link to the required model notice: for employers who offer a health plan to some or all employees | | Following is a sample letter with the “basic information about health coverage” section completed for you. You will need to complete all of the sections highlighted in yellow and mail your letter to your employees. As stated above, you will need to provide this information to all new hires within 14 days of an employee’s start date. With regard to number 15, question a. How much would the employee have to pay in premiums for this plan? Following are the total premium amounts for the Employee Only lowest cost CDHP Plan. You should report the amount that your employee would pay after subtracting the portion you pay as an employer. Premium Level 1: $434 Premium Level 2: $483 Premium Level 3: $525 New Health Insurance Marketplace Coverage Options and Your Health Coverage PART A: General Information There is a new way to buy health insurance: the Health Insurance Marketplace. To assist you as you evaluate options for you and your family, this notice provides some basic information about the new Marketplace and employment based health coverage offered by your employer.