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News Release

U.S. Department of Labor to offer free health law seminar January 28 and 29 in Tallahassee, Florida

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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.

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 (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.

Agency
Employee Benefits Security Administration
Date
January 16, 2009
Release Number
09-64-ATL