1996 US Code
Title 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 17 - COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER I_2 - SUBCHAPTER I-PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS
Subtitle B - Regulatory Provisions
part 5 - administration and enforcement
Sec. 1133 - Claims procedure

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 29 - LABOR
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 29 - LABOR
CHAPTER 17 - COMPREHENSIVE EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER I_2 - SUBCHAPTER I-PROTECTION OF EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RIGHTS
Subtitle B - Regulatory Provisions
part 5 - administration and enforcement
Sec. 1133 - Claims procedure
Containssection 1133
Date1996
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 1997
Positive LawNo
Dispositionstandard
Source CreditPub. L. 93-406, title I, §503, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 893.
Statutes at Large Reference88 Stat. 893
Public Law ReferencePublic Law 93-406


§1133. Claims procedure

In accordance with regulations of the Secretary, every employee benefit plan shall—

(1) provide adequate notice in writing to any participant or beneficiary whose claim for benefits under the plan has been denied, setting forth the specific reasons for such denial, written in a manner calculated to be understood by the participant, and

(2) afford a reasonable opportunity to any participant whose claim for benefits has been denied for a full and fair review by the appropriate named fiduciary of the decision denying the claim.

(Pub. L. 93–406, title I, §503, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 893.)

Regulations

Secretary authorized, effective Sept. 2, 1974, to promulgate regulations wherever provisions of this subchapter call for the promulgation of regulations, see section 1031 of this title.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in section 1022 of this title.

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