Update: Health and welfare plan notices for new hires

Hiring new employees triggers significant notice obligations for employers' health and welfare benefit plans. For example, ERISA requires that new enrollees receive summary plan descriptions, and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act requires new-hire notices about enrollment, privacy rights, and coverage of pre-existing conditions and breast cancer treatments. This Update explains the new-hire notices required by these laws and Medicare Part D, the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.   (Update, 26 Sep 2007, 4 pages)

• Full Update (PDF)

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