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Health & Welfare Plans Newsletter September 23, 2020 |
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[Guidance Overview]
"Hawaii requires that plans covering individuals in the state be approved for issue in the state.... [E]mployees in Hawaii may need to be subject to different eligibility terms than employees in the continental US.... [The Hawaii Prepaid Health Care Act (PHC)] requires that employee-only coverage cannot cost the employee more than 1.5% of the employee's monthly wages.... [T]he PHC also requires employers to contribute at least 50% towards the cost of coverage." HUB International |
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[Guidance Overview]
"The new law requires California employers with as few as five employees to provide family and medical leave to their employees effective January 1, 2021. SB 1383 also expands the scope of 'family members' for whom employees can take leave and the protected reasons for taking leave." Morgan Lewis |
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[Guidance Overview]
"The new rule clarifies that to be eligible to take any FFCRA paid sick or family/medical leave, a person must be an active employee. Not only that, but the employee's FFCRA qualifying event must be the ONLY reason why the person cannot work.... On the off chance an employer is currently letting furloughed or reduced hour employees take FFCRA leave for hours that they would not usually be at work, they will have to stop (or not get reimbursed). " MZQ Consulting, LLC |
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"In the context of employee leasing, a self-funded group health plan is most likely to be deemed a MEWA if the employees are not respected as common law employees of the lessor. While the facts and circumstances of the arrangement are most likely to drive the determination on this point, the parties to the arrangement should ensure that the agreement clearly reflects the intent that the lessor be treated as the common law employer of the leased employees." Bradley |
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"[E]mployers offering group health plans with prescription drug coverage are required to disclose to all Part D-eligible individuals who are enrolled in or were seeking to enroll in the group health plan coverage whether such coverage was 'actuarially equivalent,' i.e., creditable.... This notice is required to be provided to all Part D eligible persons, including active employees over age 65." Fraser Trebilcock |
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"[A] table summarizes the major provisions of the ACA, illustrating the breadth of its changes to the health care system, and public attitudes towards those changes. If all or most of the ACA is struck down, many of these provisions could be eliminated. Due to differences in populations and policies across states, the potential repeal of the ACA would play out differently from state to state." Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation |
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[Opinion]
"Uptake of telehealth is likely to persist to some degree. The main question is how to integrate this modality into the health care system such that it achieves promised goals and improvements. [The authors] argue that policies supporting continued adoption and integration must be deliberate and focus on measurable improvements to clear, systemic shortcomings in health care." Shantanu Agrawal and Tejal Gandhi, via Health Affairs Blog |
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[Official Guidance]
"Victims of Hurricane Sally that took place on Sept. 14 now have until Jan. 15, 2021, to file various individual and business tax returns and make tax payments ... Individuals and households who reside or have a business in Baldwin, Escambia, and Mobile counties qualify for tax relief.... [C]ertain deadlines falling on or after Sept. 14, 2020, and before Jan. 15, 2021, are postponed through Jan. 15, 2021." Internal Revenue Service [IRS] |
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"Company started 3 new welfare plans effective 1/1/2019. Extensions were filed timely, but it was just discovered that the wrong sponsor/EIN was used on all three. The Sponsor/EIN of our existing plan (501) was copied over and not corrected when the extensions were filed. The correct plan numbers were used on the extensions (502/503/504). I am ready to file the 5500-SFs, but unsure how to fix this error. Should I go ahead and file with the wrong EIN and then amend with the correct EIN? Or should I file with the correct EIN and wait for the late filing letter? I hesitate to use line 4 since there are no previous returns/reports filed. Other options?" BenefitsLink Message Boards |
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Elliot Raff Brings In-House Corporate Perspective to Keightley & Ashner LLP
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The Wagner Law Group Wins financial Advisor IQ 2020 Financial Services Award
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ACA Employer Mandate 2021
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Answers to Common Employee Open Enrollment Questions
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