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Employee Benefits Bulletin, August 2002TIDBITS, TRICKS & TRAPSIMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES AND DEADLINESSeptember 3, 2002: deadline for plans that failed to timely amend for GUST to comply without entering into the EPCRS program.October 1, 2002: deadline for plans providing catch-up contributions to satisfy the universal availability requirement (by adopting catch-up contribution provisions in all plans of an employer's controlled group). October 9, 2002: the Department of Labor's safe harbor regulations for electronic distribution of required ERISA disclosure documents become effective. October 16, 2002: deadline for large health plans to comply with HIPAA's electronic data interchange (EDI) transaction standards or to file a request for a one year compliance date extension. (Small plans have until October 1, 2003.) Back to Newsletter home |
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