Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA

What it does

This proposed rule sets forth a new, additional safe harbor for group health plan administrators to use electronic media (e.g., email or web portal) to furnish documents and information to participants and beneficiaries of plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This proposal, if finalized, would allow plan administrators who satisfy specified conditions to provide participants and beneficiaries with a notice that certain disclosures will be made available electronically on a website. Individuals who prefer to receive these disclosures on paper will be able to request paper copies and to opt out of electronic delivery entirely. The Department expects that the proposal, if finalized, would improve the effectiveness of the disclosures and significantly reduce the costs and burden to group health plans associated with furnishing many of the recurring disclosures.

The Employee Benefits Security Administration's summary, as published in the Federal Register.

What it would change

2 parts of Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations:

29 CFR 2520, 29 CFR 2560

Before this

No earlier Federal Register document under regulation identifier 1210-AC35 since Jan. 1, 2025.

What happens next and when

To be assured consideration, comments must be received at one of the addresses provided below by September 21, 2026.

The agency's dates, word for word.

Check it yourself

• The document in the Federal Register
• Docket EBSA-2026-0331 on Regulations.gov
• Title 29 on eCFR

The record as published

Source: the Federal Register (public domain). The document in the Federal Register