Compliance ✔- ARPA COBRA Subsidy – Model Notices and FAQs
The Department of Labor (DOL) issued FAQs and model notices for the COBRA premium assistance provisions of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). As a reminder, ARPA provides a 100% subsidy for employer-sponsored group health insurance continued under COBRA and similar...
Compliance ✔- PPE Expenses Eligible Under Health FSA, HSA and HRA
The IRS issued Announcement 2021-07 to permit amounts paid for personal protective equipment (PPE), such as masks, hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes, for the primary purpose of preventing the spread of COVID-19 to be treated as amounts paid for medical care under §...
Compliance ✔- American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) Benefits Provisions
On March 11, 2021, President Biden signed a new COVID-19 stimulus bill into law — the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) containing important employee benefits provisions, summarized below. See bulletins below for details about COBRA, Dependent Care FSA and...