U.S. Department of Labor and Oklahoma Insurance Department to offer free health law seminar May 19 and 20 in Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration and the Oklahoma Insurance Department will host a free health law compliance assistance seminar on May 19 and 20 in Tulsa at the Tulsa Technology Center, Lemley Campus, 3420 South Memorial Drive, Health Science Building, Room HSC 3117.

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 HIPAA privacy) 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 fiduciary responsibility and health savings accounts.

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

Panelists will include representatives from EBSA, the Labor Department’s Wage and Hour Division, the department’s Veterans’ Employment and Training Service, the Oklahoma Insurance Department, 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 or call Sandra Lynch at 202.693.8671 for a registration form. Email the form to educationcampaignseminars@dol.gov or fax it to 202.219.8141.

The event is open to the media.

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

When: May 19 and 20; 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CDT

Where: 
Tulsa Technology Center
Lemley Campus
3420 South Memorial Drive
Health Science Building - Room HSC 3117
Tulsa, Oklahoma

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