Consumer Health Claim Assistance Act

This bill would require the Department of Labor to set up a Benefits Assistance Program by January 1, 2027, to take complaints and questions about denied claims under employer health and welfare benefit plans. The program would help workers and their family members understand their rights, file appeals of denied benefits, and refer possible law violations to the proper agencies. The bill would require single-employer benefit plans to pay a yearly filing fee of $250, $500, or at least $1,000 based on plan size, and the fee could not be paid from plan assets. At least half of the fee money would fund the program, with the rest going to enforcement. Single-employer plans that do not file an annual report would have to file a notice with basic plan information, and the Department would report to Congress each year on the program.

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Sponsors

• Mark DeSaulnier Democrat sponsor
• 0 cosponsors