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Pension Plan 2024 year-end tax documents

The Trust Fund Office has mailed the Pension Plan 2024 1099-R Tax Forms to all retirees receiving monthly pension payments. Please review this document carefully and contact the Trust Fund Office at AISupport@hsba.com or by phone at 800-635-3105 if you believe an error has been made on the form.

After January 31, 2025, the 1099-R Tax Formswill also be available on the Trust Fund website at www.aitrustfunds.org and can be downloaded or printed directly from the website. If you don’t already have access to the website, creating an online account is simple and takes minutes to complete. Visit www.aitrustfunds.org for details on how to create an account so that you can review your benefit information.

Your Rights and Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills

Effective January 1, 2022, the No Surprises Act went into effect; this law constrains medical providers from what’s called “balance-billing,” which may happen when you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center. You are protected from balance billing for:

Emergency services: If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount, such as copayments and coinsurance. You cannot be balance-billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced-billed for these post-stabilization services.

Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center: When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there maybe out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you for is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance-bill you and may not ask you to give up your protection not to be balance-billed.

You are never required to give up your protections from balance-billing. You also aren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facility in your plan’s network.

If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, you may contact the Automotive Industries Welfare Plan at 800-635-3105, by email at AISupport@hsba.com, or by visiting www.aitrustfunds.org for assistance. Visit https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises for more information about your rights under federal law.

The Member Assistance Program can help with many life-related stresses

The Trustees of the Automotive Industries Welfare Fund partnered with Uprise Health to provide an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
and a Legal/Financial Program (LFP). These resources can help you resolve personal problems in the early stages.

Uprise Health offers a confidential support service and referral program. It is designed to help you and your family with personal issues
such as:

Customer Care Professionals will help you find the right resources and services including counselors, legal representatives, and financial professionals who can provide counseling sessions, coordinate the appropriate treatment, and provide referrals if needed. Office hours are 6am to 5pm PST. After hours calls will be returned the following day. Crisis support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

The services provided under the EAP and LFP program are 100% confidential and are at no cost to your or your dependents. For more information or to get assistance in making an appointment, call Uprise Health at 1-888-690-1349 or visiting https://hmc.personaladvantage.com using AUTOMOTIVE as the access code.

Reminder: Pension Plan Searching for Former Participants

The Automotive Industries Pension Plan currently has about 2,000 participants who are entitled to receive a pension payment under the
plan but have not made an application for their money. If you know someone who used to work in the industry during the 1970s or 1980s, is over age 65, and is not receiving a pension payment from the Trust Fund, they could be missing out on a monthly payment from the plan. Have them contact the Trust Fund Office at 800-635-3105 for a review of their work history to see if they are eligible.