--- title: "Compliance: Open Enrollment Benefit Notices for 2020" description: Employers that sponsor group health plans should provide certain benefit notices in connection with the plans’ open enrollment periods. image: https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/2020%20benefit%20notices%20B.jpg --- ![Compliance: Open Enrollment Benefit Notices for 2020](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/hubfs/2020%20benefit%20notices%20B.jpg) # Compliance: Open Enrollment Benefit Notices for 2020 - Home - [Employee Benefit News for School, City and County Employers](https://blog.nisbenefits.com) - Compliance: Open Enrollment Benefit Notices for 2020 [ Erin Woulfe ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/author/erin-woulfe) 08/16/2019 [ Legislative News](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/topic/aca-other-legislative-news) [0 Comments ](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/compliance-open-enrollment-benefit-notices-2020#postComment) *1 minute read* There are several benefit notices that employers are required to provide to employees either annually or during their initial enrollment. Open enrollment time can be a good time to provide these. Some benefit notices apply to all group health plans while others only apply to certain plans, based on plan design and coverage[[1]](https://blog.nisbenefits.com/compliance-open-enrollment-benefit-notices-2020#_ftn1). Some of the benefit notices include: - Medicare Part D Notice - Summary of Benefits and Coverage - HIPAA Privacy Notice - WHCRA Notice - CHIP Notice - Notice of Patient Protections - Wellness Program Notices In addition to providing required benefit notices, remember to communicate any plan design changes to your employees for 2020 through the updated summary plan description or a summary of material modifications. 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