The Producers' Health Benefits Plan (PHBP) is the culmination of a multi-year effort by the AICP to secure health insurance for freelance production employees, an invaluable resource to its member companies. The PHBP fills a void that existed for far too long, and ensures that this valuable pool of employees has access to health insurance. After much effort, the AICP was able to secure the necessary rulings from the Labor Department, and launched the Plan, which is a separate entity from AICP, in 2008. Since then, hundreds of freelance production employees (and their families) have benefited from the PHBP coverage.

To sign on to the PHBP, and make contributions on behalf of qualified freelance production employees, a production company must be a member of AICP. When an employee in a covered category works for a participating employer, contributions to the Plan are made on behalf of the employee. Eligibility for coverage under PHBP is determined three ways: working 100 days per year; earning $30,000 per year, or working 25 days per quarter for a year, and the length of coverage is one year. Employees receive coverage at no cost, and have the option to pay to add coverage for qualified dependents. Covered categories of employment include:

• Producer/Line Producer
• Production Manager
• Supervising Producer
• Bidder
• Production Supervisor
• Assistant Production Supervisor
• Production Coordinator
• Commercials Coordinator
• Coordinator
• Assistant Coordinator
• Production Assistant (including any prefix or suffix)

PARTICIPATING EMPLOYER'S OBLIGATION

The PHBP participating employer agrees to be bound to the Trust Agreement and the Plan's Audit, Delinquency and Collection Procedures.

Participating employers must have the "participation agreement" signed and returned by an authorized official of their company in order to be considered for participation. As such all aspects of the participation agreement must be followed.

The PHBP participating employer agrees to send payments and reports to the Plan office by the 10th of the following month for the previous month's employment and to inform your payroll service of your participation in the PHBP. See section 3 of the participation agreement.

The PHBP participating employer agrees to maintain and make available all payroll records to verify covered employment and to comply with the audit. See section 4 of the participation agreement.

Participating Production Companies
PHBP Participation Agreement
PHBP Trust Agreement
PHBP Audit, Delinquency and Collection Procedures: Revised November 10, 2010
PHBP Plan Design
PHBP Participation Agreement - Clarification & Amendment

If you are an employee please go to myphbp.org for more information.