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Release Date: January 16, 2008
Release Number: 08-50-DAL
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Richard Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8664/202.693.4676
San Antonio – A free health law compliance
assistance seminar for employers, plan fiduciaries and plan services
providers, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee
Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) and the Texas Department of
Insurance, will take place February 27 and 28 at the AmeriSuites
Riverwalk located at 601 S. St. Mary’s in San Antonio.
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 fiduciary responsibility, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act (COBRA), the Family and Medical Leave Act, health
savings accounts, HIPAA privacy and the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Rights Act. Panelists will include representatives of
EBSA, the Labor Department’s Employment Standards Administration and
Veterans Employment and Training Service, the Texas Department of
Insurance, the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services.
The seminar is part of EBSA’s health education
campaign to help workers and employers, especially small businesses,
understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit
laws.
News media are encouraged to cover this event.
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Who: |
Employers, plan fiduciaries and providers of
plan services |
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What: |
HIPPA and other health benefits laws compliance
assistance seminar |
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When: |
February 27 and 28, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. MST |
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Where: |
AmeriSuites Riverwalk
601 S. St. Mary’s
San Antonio, Texas |
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How: |
Registration is first-come, first-served, with
limited spaces available. Contact Dennis Fish by e-mail at
educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax at 202.219.8141. |
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More Information: |
Visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa and
click the appropriate link under “Compliance Assistance
Seminars” or call 202-693-8451. |
U.S. Department of Labor news releases are accessible on the
Department's Newsroom
page. The information in this news release will be made available
in alternate format upon request (large print, Braille, audio tape or
disc) from the COAST office. Please specify which news release when
placing your request at 202.693.7828 or TTY 202.693.7755. The U.S.
Department of Labor is committed to providing America's employers and
employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply
with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit the
Department's Compliance
Assistance page.
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