Affordable Care Act
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACS), commonly called theAffordable Care Act (ACA)is federal legislation signed into law by President Obama in March 2010. The ACA was enacted with the goals of increasing the quality and affordability of health insurance.
The Individual Mandate became effective January 1, 2014 and requires most Americans to have medical insurance.
The law also requires an employer with 50 or more full-time employees to offer medical insurance to full-time employees and their children up to age 26 and is referred to as the Employer Shared Responsibility. This portion of the law became effective January 1, 2015 and consists of employer penalties and reporting requirements.
Employers subject to the Employer Shared Responsibility are required to measure an employee’s hours over a period of time and if the employee is determined to be full-time, offer coverage to that employee for an equal period of time regardless of the number of hours worked during that period as long as the employee is still employed. For ACA purposes, a full-time employee is defined as an employee working an average of 30 hours per week or 130 hours per month.
EOU已经为其符合资格的雇员提供医疗保险-在0.50 FTE或以上职位的分类和非分类雇员。根据《平价医疗法案》，过去可能不符合福利资格或低于福利资格的雇员现在可以符合医疗保险的资格。现在有资格享受医疗保险的雇员包括:临时服务雇员;雇员及/或返回退休人员的在职退休时间少于0.50个职位;休假的员工;无薪休假的员工;和本科学生。
The information below explains how the ACA will affect our current faculty, staff and students, and things to consider when hiring. The information is based on the most recent guidance from federal agencies and will be updated as necessary.
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Related Links
- Read the Law–HHS.gov/HealthCare
- HealthCare.gov
- Cover Oregon