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Release Date: January 16, 2009
Release Number: 09-64-ATL
Contact Name: Gloria Della/Richard Manning
Phone Number: 202.693.8664/202.693.4676
Tallahassee, Florida – 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 Florida Office
of Insurance Regulation, will take place January 28 and 29 at the
Doubletree Hotel Tallahassee, 101 South Adams St. in Tallahassee.
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, HIPAA
privacy and 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.
The seminar is part of EBSA’s health education
campaign to help workers and employers, especially small employers,
understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit
laws.
Media are encouraged to cover this event.
Who: |
Employers, plan fiduciaries and providers of
plan services |
What: |
HIPPA and other health benefits laws compliance
assistance seminar |
When: |
January 28 and 29
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST |
Where: |
Doubletree Hotel Tallahassee
101 South Adams Street
Tallahassee, Florida |
How: |
Registration is first-come, first-served, with
limited spaces available. Contact Larry Good by e-mail at
educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax at 202.219. 8141. |
More Information: |
Visit EBSA’s Web site at www.dol.gov/ebsa and
click the appropriate link under “Compliance Assistance
Seminars” or call 202-693-8668. |
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page. The information in this news release will be made available
in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or
disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when
placing your request at 202.693.7828 or TTY 202.693.7755. The Labor Department 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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