Wednesday, April 21, 2021 As described in our March 15, 2021 update, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”) created a temporary, 100% subsidy for assistance-eligible individuals’ premium payments for continuation health care coverage under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (“COBRA”), harkening back to past relief subsidizing COBRA continuation coverage under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. On April 7, 2021 the Department of Labor released four model notices (available here) employers and plan administrators may use to comply with the additional notice requirements with respect to the subsidized COBRA continuation coverage, along with a summary of the premium assistance provisions of the Act and Frequently Asked Questions ("FAQ") about implementation of the premium assistance.