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Internal Revenue Service - Home Page

www.irs.gov

Official IRS Documents from Internal Revenue Bulletins

www.unclefed.com/Tax-Bulls

Internal Revenue Service – Department of the Treasury

http://www.irs.gov/foia/lists/0,,id=97728,00.html

Internal Revenue Code Sections Affecting Employee Benefit Plans

Information presented here is designed to help people working directly or as service-providers for employers of all sizes.
http://benefitslink.com/taxcode/

Department of Labor

Department of Labor - Employee Benefits Security Administration

This document contains final rules implementing the notice requirements of the healthcare continuation coverage (COBRA) provisions of part 6 of title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act).
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/regs/fedreg/final/2004011796.pdf

U.S. Department of Labor - Employee Benefits Security Administration
Your Rights after a Mastectomy - Women's Health & Cancer Rights Act of 1998

If you have had a mastectomy or expect to have one, you may be entitled to special rights under the Women’s Health and Cancer Rights Act of 1998 (WHCRA).
http://www.dol.gov/ebsa/publications/whcra.html

U.S. Department of Labor - Veterans' Employment and Training Service - Your Rights Under USERRA

http://www.dol.gov/vets/programs/userra/poster.htm

U.S. Department of Labor in the 21st Century - Health Plans & Benefits Portability of Health Coverage (HIPAA)

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) provides rights and protections for participants and beneficiaries in group health plans.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/portability.htm

U.S. Department of Labor in the 21st Century
Health Plans & Benefits Continuation of Health Coverage — COBRA

The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA) gives workers and their families who lose their health benefits the right to choose to continue group health benefits provided by their group health plan for limited periods of time under certain circumstances such as voluntary or involuntary job loss, reduction in the hours worked, transition between jobs, death, divorce, and other life events.
http://www.dol.gov/dol/topic/health-plans/cobra.htm

Other Helpful Sites

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

The administrative simplification provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA, Title II) require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish national standards for electronic health care transactions and national identifiers for providers, health plans, and employers.
http://www.cms.hhs.gov/HIPAAGenInfo/

The Federal Register (FR)

The Federal Register is the official daily publication for rules, proposed rules, and notices of federal agencies and organizations, as well as executive orders and other presidential documents.
http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html