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News and Updates

Apr 19, 2010

New Jersey Enacts Legislation Impacting Health Benefits

On March 22, 2010 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed Chapter 2, P.L. 2010. This law enacts substantial changes to what public...

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Apr 16, 2010

IRS Issues Guidance On Small Employer Health Coverage Tax Credit

Effective for2010, a new federal tax credit for contributions to employee health coverage will be available for eligible small employers....

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Apr 16, 2010

Early Retiree Reinsurance Program To Begin June 23

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released a fact sheet on the early retiree reinsurance program enacted as part of the...

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Apr 13, 2010

New Governmental Webpages On Healthcare Reform

The White House and Health and Human Services (HHS) web sites provide general information about health reform and question and answer...

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Mar 29, 2010

Department Of Labor Increases Enforcement And Guidance Over Employee Welfare Benefit Plans

The Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) is the federal agency with enforcement jurisdiction over...

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Mar 26, 2010

National Health Insurance Reform It’s Official Now

National Health Insurance Reform passed its final legislative hurdle last night as the US House passed 220-207 (a re-vote) a package of...

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Mar 25, 2010

Latest National Health Insurance News And Year By Year Impact

This afternoon the Senate passed on a 56-43 basis the House amendments to the Senate’s original health bill. In spite of the fact that...

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Mar 24, 2010

Department Of Labor Issues Amended COBRA Notices

Conner Strong’s recently issued legislative bulletin Additional Details on COBRA Subsidy Extension Now Available outlined the COBRA...

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Mar 24, 2010

President Signs Health Insurance Reform

At a ceremony at the White House yesterday, the President signed the Senate’s health insurance reform bill originally passed on December...

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Mar 23, 2010

Details Of The US House’s Health Insurance Amendments

As reported yesterday by Conner Strong, on Sunday March 21, in addition to approving the Senate health insurance reform bill, the US...

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Mar 22, 2010

US House Passes Health Reform Legislation

On Sunday, March 21, 2010 the US House of Representatives passed health care reform legislation by a vote of 219-212. The final votes...

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Mar 16, 2010

Additional Details On COBRA Subsidy Extension

Congress has passed and the President has signed the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 (TEA) which includes important new changes to the...

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Mar 4, 2010

President Signs Federal COBRA Subsidy Extension

On March 2, 2010, the President signed into law the Temporary Extension Act of 2010 which provides a stopgap, 31-day extension of the 65%...

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Feb 17, 2010

Model Medicaid and CHIP Premium Assistance Notice Posted

The DOL has posted a model notice for employers to use regarding eligibility for premium assistance under Medicaid or CHIP (click here to...

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Feb 15, 2010

Electronic Filings Required For Forms 5500

Beginning January 2010, the U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) converted to a total electronic...

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Feb 10, 2010

New Mental Health Parity Rules Released

Long awaited mental health parity regulations have been released outlining how employers can provide benefits at parity for mental health...

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Jan 13, 2010

Government Publishes Updated COBRA Model Notices

As we previously reported, Congress passed an extension of the Federal Subsidy of COBRA health insurance premiums for employees...

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Dec 30, 2009

Additional Details Regarding Amended COBRA Subsidy Law

As was previously reported by Conner Strong in a special alert, Congress has passed and the President has signed, the Fiscal Year 2010...

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Dec 22, 2009

Government Passes Federal COBRA Subsidy Expansion

Both the House and Senate approved a Defense Appropriations bill that included a provision extending the federal subsidy of COBRA for an...

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Nov 18, 2009

November 18, 2009Benefit Plans Need to Comply with Michelle’s Law, Grace’s Law & the Autism

There's been no shortage of news about healthcare reform lately, making it difficult to keep track of recently-enacted legislation. To...

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