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The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
provides rights and protections for participants and beneficiaries in group
health plans. HIPAA includes protections for coverage under group health plans
that limit exclusions for preexisting conditions; prohibit discrimination
against employees and dependents based on their health status; and allow a
special opportunity to enroll in a new plan to individuals in certain
circumstances. HIPAA may also give you a right to purchase individual coverage
if you have no group health plan coverage available, and have exhausted COBRA
or other continuation coverage.
DOL Web Pages on This
Topic
Questions &
Answers: Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA)
Provides answers to
commonly asked questions about HIPAA.
The Health Insurance
Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA)
Provides a brief overview
of HIPAA.
Compliance Assistance for
Group Health Plans: HIPAA and Other Recent Health Care Laws
Assists in
complying with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the
Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, the Mental Health Parity Act and
the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.
Consumer Information on
Health Plans
Provides fact sheets, booklets, and other health plan
information from the Department's Employee Benefits Security Administration
(EBSA).
Compliance
Assistance
Provides publications and other materials to assist employers
and employee benefit plan practitioners in understanding and complying with the
requirements of the Employment Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) for the
administration of pension and health plans.
Health Coverage
Portability (PDF)
Provides information about major provisions of HIPAA,
the Newborns' and Mothers' Health Protection Act, the Mental Health Parity Act,
and the Women's Health and Cancer Rights Act.
Your Employer's
Bankruptcy: How Will it Affect Your Employee Benefits?
Provides
information on bankruptcy’s effect on pension plans and group health
plans.
Health Benefits Under the
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) (PDF)
COBRA gives
workers and their family members who lose their health benefits in certain
circumstances the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by
their health plan. This publication provides a detailed overview of the
law.
Pension & Health
Care Coverage...Questions & Answers for Dislocated Workers
Provides
answers to commonly asked questions by dislocated workers about their pension
and health benefits.
Top 10 Ways to
Make Your Health Benefits Work for You (Español)
Provides 10 tips to help
make your health benefits work better for you.
Life Changes
Require Health Choices (Español)
Provides guidance on
making health benefit decisions following key life events such as marriage or
the birth or adoption of a child.
Work Changes
Require Health Choices (Español)
Provides information on
protecting your health care rights when your work life changes.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Participants & Beneficiaries Related to the Events of September
11th
Provides answers to the most frequently asked questions by workers
and their families whose pension and/or health plan benefits have been impacted
by the events of September 11, 2001.
Frequently Asked Questions
for Reservists Being Called to Active Duty Related to their Pension and Health
Benefits
Provides answers to the most frequently asked questions about
pension and health benefits by National Guard and reserve members being called
to active duty as a result of the events of September 11, 2001.
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