Health Plans & Benefits
Subtopics
- Child Care Assistance
- Compliance Assistance
- Consumer Information on Health Plans
- Continuation of Health Coverage (COBRA)
- Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
- Fiduciary Responsibilities
- Health Benefits Education
- Mental Health Benefits
- Newborns' & Mothers' Protections (Newborns' Act)
- Participant Rights
- Plan Information
- Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA)
- Womens' Health & Cancer Rights Protections
Compliance Assistance
The Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) provides many forms of compliance assistance, including voluntary compliance programs, advisory opinions, and publications. They are compiled on EBSA's Compliance Assistance Web page. This compilation includes information specifically developed to assist and inform employers and employee benefit plan practitioners in understanding and complying with the requirements of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) as they apply to the administration of retirement plans. Much of the material is specific and technical in nature. It is not intended to be the only source of information necessary for employer-sponsored employee benefits plans to be in compliance.
Employers and plan practitioners may also benefit by reviewing some of the more general materials available to the public at EBSA's Consumer Information on Health Plans Web page.
DOL Web Pages on This Topic
Health
Benefits-related Compliance Assistance
Compliance assistance resources
on health benefits.
Delinquent Filer
Voluntary Compliance (DFVC)
Provides a description of the program that
reduces the monetary penalties for employee benefit plan administrators with
respect to plan filings to encourage voluntary compliance.
Voluntary Fiduciary
Correction Program (VFCP)
The voluntary compliance program is intended
to encourage self-correction of certain violations of ERISA and to protect the
financial security of retirement plans. This fact sheet describes the process
for making an application, the specific financial transactions covered,
acceptable methods for correcting violations, and examples of potential
violations and corrective actions.
ERISA Filing Acceptance
System (EFAST)
The EFAST system streamlines filing and processing of the
annual return/report forms through the use of computer scannable forms and
electronic filing technologies. This Web site provides assistance on using this
system.