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Employee Benefits Update - April 2010
New Premium Assistance Notice Requirement for Group Health Plans

04/26/2010

As described more extensively in our March 2009 issue of Employee Benefits Update, the Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 ("CHIPRA") allows states to offer premium assistance subsidies to pay for coverage under an employer-sponsored group health plan for low-income children and their parents. States may either reimburse employees the amount paid for employer group health coverage or pay employers directly.

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