123STA T .69PUBLIC LA W 111 – 3 —FE B. 4, 2 0 09 (V)employ e rs,inc l ud in g o w ners o f sm a ll b usinesses and th eir trade or industry representa - ti v es and certified human resource and payroll professionals
(V I ) plan administrators and plan sponsors of group health plans (as defined in section 607 ( 1 ) of the E mployee R etirement Income S ecurity A ct of1 9 7 4 ); (VII) health insurance issuers; and (VIII) children and other beneficiaries of med- ical assistance under title X IX of the Social Secu- rity Act or child health assistance or other health benefits coverage under title XXI of such Act . (iii) COMPENSATI ON. —T he members of the W or k ing G roup shall serve without compensation. (iv) A D MINIST R ATI V ES U PPORT.—The D epartment of H ealth and Human Services and the Department of L abor shall j ointly provide appropriate administrative support to the Working Group, including technical assistance. The Working Group may use the services and facilities of either such Department, with or with- out reimbursement, as jointly determined by such Departments. (v) REPORT.— (I) REPORT BYW OR K IN G GROUP TO T H ESE C RE- TARIES.— N ot later than 1 8 months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Working Group shall submit to the Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services the model form described in clause (i)(II) along with a report containing recommendations for appropriate meas- ures to address the impediments to the effective coordination of coverage between group health plans and the State plans under titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act. (II) REPORT BY SECRETARIES TO THE CON- GRESS.—Not later than 2 months after receipt of the report pursuant to subclause (I), the Secre- taries shall jointly submit a report to each House of the Congress regarding the recommendations contained in the report under such subclause. (vi) TERMINATION.—The Working Group shall terminate 3 0 days after the date of the issuance of its report under clause (v). (D) E F FECTIVE DATES.—The Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall develop the initial model notices under section 701(f)(3)( B )(i)(II) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Secretary of Labor shall provide such notices to employers, not later than the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and each employer shall provide the initial annual notices to such employer ’ s employees beginning with the first plan year that begins after the date on which such initial model notices are first issued. The model coverage coordination disclosure form developed under subparagraph (C) shall apply with respect to re q uests made by States beginning with the Ap p licab ili ty.No ti f icatio n . De a d line. 29USC1 1 8 1 note.
