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GAO-01-219R 1 (2000-12-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadwcy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: im Accountability * Integrity * Reliability United States General Accounting Office Washington, DC 20548 B-286882 December 4, 2000 The Honorable James M. Jeffords Chairman The Honorable Edward M. Kennedy Ranking Minority Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable William F. Go o dling Chairman The Honorable William Clay Ranking Minority Member Committee on Education and the Workforce House of Representatives Subject: Department of Labor, Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 Rules and Regulations for Administration and Enforcement Claims Procedure Pursuant to section 801(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Labor (Department), Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration, entitled Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; Rules and Regulations for Administration and Enforcement; Claims Procedure (RIN: 1210-AA61). We received the rule on November 21, 2000. It was published in the Federal Register as a final rule on November 21, 2000. 65 Fed. Reg. 70246. The final rule revises the minimum requirements for benefit claims procedures of employee benefit plans covered by Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. The final rule establishes new standards for the processing of claims under group health plans and plans providing disability benefits and further clarifies existing standards for all employee benefit plans. The new standards are intended to ensure more timely benefit determinations, to improve access to information on which a benefit determination is made, and to assure that participants and beneficiaries will be afforded a full and fair review of denied claims. Enclosed is our assessment of the Department's compliance with the procedural steps required by section 801(a)(1)(B)(i) through (iv) of title 5 with respect to the GAO-01-219R

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