Conference Reports
The joint conference report describes the legislative history of the Assistance for COBRA Continuation Coverage provisions under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act. The report is structured according to four main sections:
- a description of the present law;
- the House bill;
- the Senate Amendment; and
- Conference Agreement.
You can access the Joint Conference Report section describing the COBRA Premium Assistance provisions, and ARRA Section 3001 Premium Assistance For COBRA Benefits, by clicking on the following links:
Text of ARRA Section 3001
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/COBRAContinuationofCov/Downloads/ARRA_Section_3001_Statutory_Text_Excerpt.pdf
[PDF] Size: 136KB
Text of Section 1010 of the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act
http://www.continuationcoverage.net/Section_1010_DOD_Amending_ARRA_Section_3001.pdf
[PDF] Size: 60KB
Text of Section 3 of the Temporary Extension of 2010
http://www.cms.gov/COBRAContinuationofCov/Downloads/TEA_2010_HR_4691.pdf
[PDF] Size: 66KB
Text of Section 3 of the Continuing Extension of 2010
http://www.cms.gov/COBRAContinuationofCov/Downloads/Section_3_CEA_ACT.pdf
[PDF] Size: 66KB
Joint Conference Report on the COBRA Premium Reduction Provision
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/JointStatementCOBRAPremiumReduction.pdf
[PDF] Size: 949KB
As a convenience to readers, we are making available an unofficial document that incorporates all the amendments made by the 2010 DOD Act, TEA, and CEA to section 3001 of ARRA as originally enacted:
Unofficial Consolidation of Amendments to Section 3001 of ARRA
http://www.cms.gov/COBRAContinuationofCov/Downloads/Unofficial_Consolidation_ARRA3.pdf
[PDF] Size: 105KB