B&K Quarterly Benefits Update – Summer 2011 | Employee Benefits

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Inside this issue are updates regarding Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices, Constitutional Challenges to Health Care Reform, the Impact of New York State’s Same-Sex Marriage Law on ERISA Covered Health Plans, FASB and more.

Health Plan Benefits Updates

• Medicare Part D Creditable Coverage Notices Must Now be Provided by October 15
• CMS Announces Elimination of Annual Limit Waiver Program
• Constitutional Challenges to Health Care Reform Continue
• New Quarterly Reporting Requirement for New York State Employers
• The Impact of New York State’s Same-Sex Marriage Law on ERISA Covered Health Plans
• HHS Releases Health Insurance Exchange Rules – Governor Cuomo Proposes New York Exchange

Retirement Plan Benefits

• FASB Vacates Proposed Requirement that Multiemployer Plan Contributing Employers Disclose Potential Withdrawal Liability
• DOL Extends Fee Disclosure Deadlines Until 2012
• IRS Issues Guidance on Reporting Deferred Vested Requirement Benefits
• DOL Defends Proposed Revisions to Definition of Fiduciary

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