2012 US Code
Title 26 - Internal Revenue Code
Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration (§§ 6001 - 7874)
Chapter 68 - ADDITIONS TO THE TAX, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, AND ASSESSABLE PENALTIES (§§ 6651 - 6751)
Subchapter B - Assessable Penalties (§§ 6671 - 6725)
Part I - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 6671 - 6720C)
Section 6720C - Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of eligibility for COBRA premium assistance
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 26 - INTERNAL REVENUE CODE Subtitle F - Procedure and Administration CHAPTER 68 - ADDITIONS TO THE TAX, ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS, AND ASSESSABLE PENALTIES Subchapter B - Assessable Penalties PART I - GENERAL PROVISIONS Sec. 6720C - Penalty for failure to notify health plan of cessation of eligibility for COBRA premium assistance |
Contains | section 6720C |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Added Pub. L. 111-5, div. B, title III, §3001(a)(13)(A), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 464; amended Pub. L. 111-144, §3(b)(5)(D), Mar. 2, 2010, 124 Stat. 45. |
Statutes at Large References | 123 Stat. 464 124 Stat. 45 |
Public Law References | Public Law 111-5, Public Law 111-144 |
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Any person required to notify a group health plan under section 3001(a)(2)(C) of title III of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 who fails to make such a notification at such time and in such manner as the Secretary of Labor may require shall pay a penalty of 110 percent of the premium reduction provided under such section after termination of eligibility under such subsection.
(b) Reasonable cause exceptionNo penalty shall be imposed under subsection (a) with respect to any failure if it is shown that such failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
(Added Pub. L. 111–5, div. B, title III, §3001(a)(13)(A), Feb. 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 464; amended Pub. L. 111–144, §3(b)(5)(D), Mar. 2, 2010, 124 Stat. 45.)
References in TextSection 3001 of title III of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, referred to in subsec. (a), is section 3001 of Pub. L. 111–5, which is set out as a note under section 6432 of this title.
Amendments2010—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–144, which directed substitution of “section 3001(a)(2)(C) of title III of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009” for “section 3002(a)(2)(C) of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009”, was executed by making the substitution for “section 3002(a)(2)(C)) of the Health Insurance Assistance for the Unemployed Act of 2009” to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Effective Date of 2010 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 111–144 effective as if included in the provisions of section 3001 of Pub. L. 111–5 to which it relates, see section 3(c) of Pub. L. 111–144, set out as a note under section 6432 of this title.
Effective DateSection applicable to failures occurring after Feb. 17, 2009, see section 3001(a)(13)(C) of Pub. L. 111–5, set out as a Premium Assistance for COBRA Benefits note under section 6432 of this title.
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