Fed Regist. 2017 Nov 29;82(228):56560-6.
This document delays for ninety (90) days--through April 1, 2018--the applicability of a final rule amending the claims procedure requirements applicable to ERISA-covered employee benefit plans that provide disability benefits (Final Rule). The Final Rule was published in the Federal Register on December 19, 2016, became effective on January 18, 2017, and was scheduled to become applicable on January 1, 2018. The delay announced in this document is necessary to enable the Department of Labor to carefully consider comments and data as part of its effort, pursuant to Executive Order 13777, to examine regulatory alternatives that meet its objectives of ensuring the full and fair review of disability benefit claims while not imposing unnecessary costs and adverse consequences.
本文件将一项最终规则的适用性推迟九十（90）天，至2018年4月1日。该最终规则修订了适用于提供残疾福利的 ERISA 覆盖的员工福利计划的理赔程序要求（《最终规则》）。《最终规则》于2016年12月19日在《联邦公报》上公布，于2017年1月18日生效，并原定于2018年1月1日适用。本文件宣布的推迟是必要的，以便劳工部能够认真考虑相关意见和数据，作为其根据行政命令13777审查监管替代方案的一部分努力，这些替代方案要符合确保对残疾福利索赔进行充分和公平审查的目标，同时又不施加不必要的成本和不利后果。
