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Release Date: 10/28/2004
Release Number: USDL 04-09
Contact Name: Gloria Della
Phone Number: 202.693.8664
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New Orleans,
Louisiana - The Compliance Assistance Seminar sponsored by the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA)
and the Louisiana Department of Insurance, will take place in New Orleans,
Louisiana, December 8-9, at the J.W. Marriott New Orleans Hotel, 614 Canal
Street.
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The
Louisiana seminar is the 30th in a series of ongoing seminars
sponsored by the Labor Department under its Health Benefits Education
Campaign (HBEC). The campaign helps workers and employers, especially
small businesses, understand their rights and obligations under various
health benefit laws. |
As
part of the department’s HIPAA Compliance Assistance Program (H-CAP),
there will be sessions covering Part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income
Security Act. Information also will be presented on the Labor
Department’s claims regulation, COBRA, Family and Medical Leave Act,
health savings accounts and HIPAA privacy. |
Panel
participants will include representatives from the Labor Department’s
EBSA, the department’s Employment Standards Administration, the
Louisiana Department of Insurance, the Internal Revenue Service and the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. |
Registration
is on a first come, first served basis, with only limited spaces
available. Interested parties should register early by email to: Deborah
A. Milne at Milne.Deborah@dol.gov. For the agenda and registration
information, visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa or call 202.693.8660. |
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U.S. Department of Labor
news releases are accessible on the Internet. The information in this news
release will be made available in alternate format upon request (large
print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the Central Office for Assistive
Services and Technology. Please specify which news release when placing
your request. Call 202.693.7765 or TTY 202.693.7755. |
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