EBSA Announces Free Health Law Seminar
January 16, 2009 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Plan sponsors
looking for some help with health law compliance can get some
free answers at an upcoming conference.
The free health law compliance assistance seminar is for
employers, plan fiduciaries and plan services providers,
and is sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's
Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the
Florida Office of Insurance Regulation.
It will take place January 28 and 29 at the Doubletree
Hotel Tallahassee in Tallahassee, Florida.
Topics Covered
According to the announcement, sessions will cover the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
and other federal laws under Part 7 of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act.
Information also will be presented on:
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fiduciary responsibility,
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the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
(COBRA),
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the Family and Medical Leave Act,
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HIPAA privacy and
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the Uniformed Services Employment and
Re-employment Rights Act.
Panelists will include representatives of EBSA, the
Labor Department's Employment Standards Administration and
Veterans' Employment and Training Service, the Florida
Department of Insurance, the Internal Revenue Service and
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Registration is first-come, first-served, with limited
spaces available.
You can find out more about the event (and register) at
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/pdf/HBECFL.pdf
Nevin E. Adams
editors@plansponsor.com