eearll Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 Hello, My spouse and I have been covered under his previous employer's plan via COBRA since July of last year. The plan renews in August of each year. Last year we received no notification of any changes to the plan not coverage. We did on 8/18 receive a notice of premium increase form the COBRA administrator, but were not able to get summary plan descriptions, etc. for several weeks. We're going through the same thing now. When must the administrator notify us of any changes including cost and/or changes to coverage, etc.? What are the penalties for not complying, etc.? Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leevena Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 If a participant or beneficiary makes a written request for a copy of the spd, it must be furnished within 30 days. DOL penalty is $150 per day, or thereabouts, I have forgotten the exact amount. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hr for me Posted June 27, 2018 Share Posted June 27, 2018 are you asking the 3rd party COBRA admin or are you calling HR benefits directly? I wouldn't expect the COBRA admin to have anything but the plan rates (at least none of the 3 companies i've used for outsourcing COBRA handled the SPD or participant questions beyond the eligibility and payment and continuation piece for us - we still did all the behind the scenes work with the broker and insurance provider)... it would generally be up to the HR department to provide you with SPDs and information beyond the increase in rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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