Employer Group, on its own or through its Administrator, hereby authorizes ECHO Health, Inc., hereinafter called ''ECHO," to initiate debit entries for approved Individual Healthcare Coverage Reimbursement Arrangement (''ICHRA'') Payments and to initiate, if necessary, credit entries and adjustments for any debit entries in error, refunds received for Employer Group's account indicated below at the depository named below, hereinafter called ''Depository." The authority granted through this agreement authorizes ECHO to provide the information to ECHO's clearing bank, enabling ECHO to provide its services. ECHO provides electronic payment consolidation services for benefit plans and employer groups and does not provide money transmission services. ECHO is not a bank, money transmitter, or Money Services Business (''MSB''), and ECHO does not offer banking or MSB services as defined by the United States Department of Treasury.
Employer Group does hereby agree and guarantee that the required funds will be on deposit in the account specified above within twenty four (24) hours of its approval and are available for the sole purpose of allowing ECHO to make ICHRA payments on its behalf. Further, funds, once available, will be withdrawn from this account and will be deposited in an account established by ECHO at ECHO's clearing bank. Failure to fund such account in such timely manner may result in a delay of payments. Any fines or penalties assessed to the account established by ECHO will be the responsibility of Employer Group.
Continued failure to fund such account may result in a loss of service for the payment of ICHRAs.
Employer Group also agrees to permit Echo to open one or more For the Benefit of (''FBO'') accounts to facilitate the payment of premiums for employees. These accounts will be opened by ECHO under ECHO FBO Employer Group FBO Employee and will have the specific purpose to only pay the premiums owed by the employee. Notwithstanding the forgoing, Enployer Group acknowledges and agrees that Employer account may be subject to a monthly administrative charge payable to Administrator. The administrative charge will automatically be deducted from Employer account on a monthly basis independent of any premium payments. The employee will have no claim to these funds, and if premiums are not paid to the carrier, they will be returned to the Employer Group for disposition.
Employer Group also allows ACH from GoWell Benefits Inc. for ICHRA compliance fees, platform/tech fees or PEPM fees.