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Release Date: 09/30/2004
Release Number: USDL 04-03
Contact Name: Gloria Della
Phone Number: 202.693.8664
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Portland, Maine - The Compliance Assistance
Seminar sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits
Security Administration (EBSA) and the Maine Division of Insurance, will
take place in Portland, Maine, October 13-14, at the Double Tree Hotel,
1230 Congress Street. |
The
Portland seminar is the 28th 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 Maine
Division 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. |
Upcoming
seminars will be held in: |
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Dover, Delaware (November 15-16,
2004)
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New Orleans, Louisiana (December
8-9, 2004)
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U.S. Department of Labor
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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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