Claims Procedure for Plans Providing Disability Benefits

Many comment letters were submitted with medical or personal health information. To preserve the substance of the comment letters, the Department did not redact the medical or personal health information, but instead removed personally identifiable information (such as name, address and other contact information) from these letters to protect the privacy of commenters and other named individuals. These comment letters are designated as "Name Withheld" on this web page. If you submitted one of these comment letters and would like your identity disclosed on this web page, you may make a request for its inclusion by contacting DOL at EBSA-Webmaster@dol.gov. "Name Withheld" comment letters are distinct from comment letters designated as "Anonymous," which generally were submitted by the commenter without identifying information.

Extension of Applicability Date

• Notice of Proposed Extension of Applicability Date

Other Letters on File with EBSA

• Letter from American Benefits Council, American Council of Life Insurers, America’s Health Insurance Plans, Cigna, The ERISA Industry Committee, Financial Services Roundtable, Sun Life Financial, Unum Group, Inc., to Gary Cohn, Director, National Economic Council, The White House, Andrew P. Bremberg, Director, Domestic Policy Council, The White House, Edward C. Hugler, Acting Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (March 14, 2017)
• Letter from Matthew Eyles, Executive Vice President, Policy and Regulatory Affairs, America’s Health Insurance Plans, to The Honorable R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor (May 10, 2017)
• Email from Michael Kreps, Principal, Groom Law Group, to John J. Canary and Jeffrey J. Turner, Office of Regulations and Interpretations, Employee Benefits Security Administration (July 13, 2017)
• Letter from Governor Dirk Kempthorne, President & Chief Executive Officer, American Council of Life Insurers, to The Honorable Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (July 17, 2017)
• Letter from David P. Roe, M.D., Member of Congress (and 27 other Members of Congress), to R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary, U.S. Department of Labor (July 28, 2017)

Final Regulation

• Final Regulation
• Fact Sheet
• News Release

Historical Information

• Proposed Rule

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