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
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 29 - LABOR |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | 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 |
| Contains | section 1133 |
| Date | 1996 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 6, 1997 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 93-406, title I, §503, Sept. 2, 1974, 88 Stat. 893. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 88 Stat. 893 |
| Public Law Reference | Public 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.)
RegulationsSecretary 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 SectionsThis section is referred to in section 1022 of this title.
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