United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States National Archives and Records Administration Office of the Federal Register author aut Government Organization text government publication eng FR Regulatory Information 2000_register executive 2010-09-24 article Part VIII Rules and Regulations D09002ee1c81eb73e D09002ee1c81eb865 United States Department of Labor originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency United States Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration originator org United States Government Agency or Subagency This document contains a final regulation revising the minimum requirements for benefit claims procedures of employee benefit plans covered by Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). The regulation establishes new standards for the processing of claims under group health plans and plans providing disability benefits and further clarifies existing standards for all other employee benefit plans. The new standards are intended to ensure more timely benefit determinations, to improve access to information on which a benefit determination is made, and to assure that participants and beneficiaries will be afforded a full and fair review of denied claims. When effective, the regulation will affect participants and beneficiaries of employee benefit plans, employers who sponsor employee benefit plans, plan fiduciaries, and others who assist in the provision of plan benefits, such as third-party benefits administrators and health service providers or health maintenance organizations that provide benefits to participants and beneficiaries of employee benefit plans. 65 FR 70246 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21/00-29766 00-29766 fr21no00-20 RIN 1210-AA61 4510-29-P https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21/00-29766 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/html/00-29766.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/pdf/00-29766.pdf Employee Benefit Plans Employee Retirement Income Security Act Benefit Claims Procedures 26 p. 70246 70271 65 FR 70246 Title 29 Part 2560 29 CFR Part 2560 RIN 1210-AA61 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; Rules and Regulations for Administration and Enforcement; Claims Procedure; Federal Register Vol. 65, Issue RULE 00-29766 VIII DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration 2001-01-20 4510-29-P 00-29766 Final regulation.

This document contains a final regulation revising the minimum requirements for benefit claims procedures of employee benefit plans covered by Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). The regulation establishes new standards for the processing of claims under group health plans and plans providing disability benefits and further clarifies existing standards for all other employee benefit plans. The new standards are intended to ensure more timely benefit determinations, to improve access to information on which a benefit determination is made, and to assure that participants and beneficiaries will be afforded a full and fair review of denied claims. When effective, the regulation will affect participants and beneficiaries of employee benefit plans, employers who sponsor employee benefit plans, plan fiduciaries, and others who assist in the provision of plan benefits, such as third-party benefits administrators and health service providers or health maintenance organizations that provide benefits to participants and beneficiaries of employee benefit plans.

Effective Date: January 20, 2001. Susan M. Halliday or Susan G. Lahne, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210, telephone (202) 219-7461. This is not a toll-free number. Employee Benefit Plans Employee Retirement Income Security Act Benefit Claims Procedures Employee Retirement Income Security Act: Employee benefit plans; claims procedures, Vol. 65, no. 225 Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration 2000-11-21 continuing daily deposited born digital 434 p. Table of Contents: AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: KF70.A2 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21 P0b002ee1809fe5c8 0097-6326 0042-1219 0364-1406 769-004-00000-9 000582072 f:fr21no00 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/FR-2000-11-21 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/pdf/FR-2000-11-21.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2000-11-21/xml/FR-2000-11-21.xml fdlp 69849 70271 DGPO 2010-09-24 2024-06-08 FR-2000-11-21 machine generated eng FR FR-2000-11-21 65 225