U.S. Department of Labor and Colorado Division of Insurance to offer free health law seminar April 21 and 22 in Denver

Denver – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Colorado Division of Insurance will co-host a free health law compliance assistance seminar April 21 and 22 in Denver.

The seminar is part of the Labor Department’s Health Benefits Education Campaign to help workers and employers, especially small businesses, understand their rights and obligations under various health benefit laws. The sessions will cover the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (including privacy issues) and other laws under Part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Uniformed Services Employment and Re-employment Rights Act, and relating to fiduciary responsibility and health savings accounts.

Seminar attendees will receive a copy of the booklet “Health Benefits Coverage Under Federal Law” and other materials. The booklet is available online or by calling EBSA toll-free at 866.444.3272.

Panelists will include representatives from EBSA, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division and its Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, the Colorado 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, and interested parties should register early. Visit http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/HBEC.html or call Sandra Lynch at 202.693.8671 for a registration form. Then, e-mail the form to educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax it to 202.219.8141.

Media are encouraged to cover this event.

What: Compliance assistance seminar on COBRA, HIPAA, USERRA and other health care laws

When: April 21 and 22,8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. MDT

Where: 
Byron Rogers Federal Building
1961 Stout Street, Room 280
Denver, Colorado

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