SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR SECRETARY OF LABOR TO UP-
DATE MODEL COBRA CONTINUATION COV-
ERAGE GENERAL NOTICE AND MODEL COBRA 
CONTINUATION COVERAGE ELECTION NO-
TICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall update, and make publicly available in a 
prominent location on the website of the Department of 
Labor, the model Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1985 (referred to in this section as 
‘‘COBRA’’) continuation coverage general notice and the 
model COBRA continuation coverage election notice devel-
oped by the Secretary of Labor for purposes of facilitating 
compliance of group health plans with the notification re-
quirements under section 606 of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1166). In updat-
ing each such notice, the Secretary of Labor shall include 
information regarding any Exchange established under 
title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 
through which a qualified beneficiary may be eligible to 
enroll in a qualified health plan, including— 
(1) the publicly accessible internet website ad-
dress for such Exchange; 
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(2) the publicly accessible internet website ad-
dress for the Find Local Help directory maintained 
by the Department of Health and Human Services 
on the healthcare.gov internet website (or a suc-
cessor website); 
(3) a clear explanation that— 
(A) an individual who is eligible for con-
tinuation coverage may also be eligible to enroll, 
with financial assistance, in a qualified health 
plan offered through such Exchange, but, in the 
case that such individual elects to enroll in such 
continuation coverage and subsequently elects 
to terminate such continuation coverage before 
the period of such continuation coverage ex-
pires, such individual will not be eligible to en-
roll in a qualified health plan offered through 
such Exchange during a special enrollment pe-
riod; and 
(B) an individual who elects to enroll in 
continuation coverage will remain eligible to en-
roll in a qualified health plan offered through 
such Exchange during an open enrollment pe-
riod and may be eligible for financial assistance 
with respect to enrolling in such a qualified 
health plan; 
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(4) information on consumer protections with 
respect to enrolling in a qualified health plan offered 
through such Exchange, including the requirement 
for such a qualified health plan to provide coverage 
for essential health benefits (as defined in section 
1302(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18022(b))) and the 
requirements applicable to such a qualified health 
plan under part A of title XXVII of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg et seq.); and 
(5) information on the availability of financial 
assistance with respect to enrolling in a qualified 
health plan, including the maximum income limit for 
eligibility for a premium tax credit under section 
36B of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
(b) NAME OF NOTICES.—In addition to updating the 
model COBRA continuation coverage general notice and 
the model COBRA continuation coverage election notice 
under subsection (a), the Secretary of Labor shall rename 
each such notice as the ‘‘model COBRA continuation cov-
erage and Affordable Care Act coverage general notice’’ 
and the ‘‘model COBRA continuation coverage and Af-
fordable Care Act coverage election notice’’, respectively. 
(c) CONSUMER TESTING.—Prior to making publicly 
available the model COBRA continuation coverage general 
notice and the model COBRA continuation coverage elec-
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tion notice updated under subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Labor shall provide an opportunity for consumer testing 
of each such notice, as so updated, to ensure that each 
such notice is clear and understandable to the average 
participant or beneficiary of a group health plan. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
CONTINUATION
COVERAGE.—The 
term 
‘‘continuation coverage’’, with respect to a group 
health plan, has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 602 of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1162). 
(2) GROUP HEALTH PLAN.—The term ‘‘group 
health plan’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 607 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1167). 
(3) 
QUALIFIED
BENEFICIARY.—The 
term 
‘‘qualified beneficiary’’ has the meaning given such 
term in such section 607. 
(4) QUALIFIED
HEALTH
PLAN.—The term 
‘‘qualified health plan’’ has the meaning given such 
term in section 1301 of the Patient Protection and 
Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 18021). 
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