Employee Benefits Security Administration June 2011 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers: Rules Relating to Internal Claims and Appeals and External Review Processes
Document Number: 2011-15890
Type: Rule
Date: 2011-06-24
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury
This document contains amendments to interim final regulations implementing the requirements regarding internal claims and appeals and external review processes for group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets under provisions of the Affordable Care Act. These rules are intended to respond to feedback from a wide range of stakeholders on the interim final regulations and to assist plans and issuers in coming into full compliance with the law through an orderly and expeditious implementation process.
156th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2011-15587
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-06-22
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions
Document Number: 2011-14521
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-06-13
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains exemptions issued by the Department of Labor (the Department) from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following: D-11632, 2011-10, William W. Etherington IRA (the Plan); D-11642, 2011-11, H-E-B Brand Savings and Retirement Plan (the Plan) and H.E. Butt Grocery Company (the Company); L-11625, 2011-12, The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades Finishing Trades Institute (the Plan or the Applicants); and L-11641, 2011-13, Ford Motor Company (the Applicant)
Proposed Exemptions From Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions
Document Number: 2011-14520
Type: Notice
Date: 2011-06-13
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains notices of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed exemptions from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). This notice includes the following proposed exemptions: D-11608, Russell Trust Company; and D- 11659, Pacific Capital Bancorp Amended and Restated Incentive and Investment and Salary Savings Plan
Requirements for Fee Disclosure to Plan Fiduciaries and Participants-Applicability Dates
Document Number: 2011-13516
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2011-06-01
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document proposes to extend specified applicability dates of the Department's interim final rule concerning fiduciary-level fee disclosure (29 CFR 2550.408b-2(c), RIN 1210-AB08) and final rule concerning participant-level fee disclosure (29 CFR 2550.404a-5, RIN 1210-AB07). These rules were published in the Federal Register on July 16, 2010 and October 20, 2010, respectively. Extending these dates will more closely align the application of the two rules and ensure that parties have sufficient time to comply with the requirements of the rules.
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