Health Care Security Ordinance
Administrative Guidance
Updated January 6, 2016

A. HCSO Overview
B. Covered Employers
C. Covered Employees
D. Calculating Required Health Care Expenditures
E. Making Required Health Care Expenditures
F. Revocable & Irrevocable Health Care Expenditures
G. Contributing to the SF City Option
H. Employer Notice-Posting Requirement

I. Employer Recordkeeping Requirements
J. Employer Reporting Requirements
K. Health Surcharges
L. Retaliation Prohibited
M. Filing a Complaint
N. Penalties
O. HCSO and the Affordable Care Act
P. Expenditures and Enforcement Guidance for 2014

1. Q: Are there any reporting requirements under the HCSO? 

 1. Q: Are there any reporting requirements under the HCSO?

A:    Yes; Covered Employers must submit an Annual Reporting Form to the OLSE by April 30^th of each year.  This is a web-based form that must be submitted online.  It is available on the HCSO website by April 1 each year.  Covered Employers who fail to make a timely submission will be in violation of the HCSO and shall be subject to penalties.

Employers are strongly encouraged to review the Instructions for the Annual Reporting Form to ensure compliance with this reporting requirement.  To receive an email notification each year when the Annual Reporting Form is available, please sign up for the HCSO Email List.

Updated January 6, 2016

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