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- How does the 30-day enrollment window for new hires work under the 2007 proposed cafeteria plan regulations?
- From the March 13, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: I’ve heard that the 2007 proposed cafeteria plan regulations allow new hires to make retroactive benefit elections for a limited period after their hire dates. Can you give me more information about these new rules? ANSWER: In ...
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- Can employees make mid-year health FSA election changes if they are prevented from having medical care that was anticipated when their elections were made?
- From the February 07, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: In administering our company’s health FSA, I am often asked by employees whether they can reduce contributions because something happened after enrollment that prevented them from having medical care that was anticipated when the election was made. ...
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- Can the cost of an alternate recipient's coverage under a QMCSO be paid on a pre-tax basis?
- From the January 31, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company has just received a qualified medical child support order (QMCSO) ordering us to enroll an employee’s child in our health plan. We know that the QMCSO is valid and will enroll the child, but can ...
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- Is our ERISA plan required to use the Code's definition of tax dependent in defining who is an eligible child?
- From the January 03, 2008 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Are ERISA plans required to use the Code’s definition of tax dependent in defining who is an eligible child? ANSWER: No. As background, although ERISA doesn’t require the sponsor of an ERISA welfare plan to ...
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- Do we have to provide disclosure notices under Medicare Part D for our health FSA and HRA?
- From the December 06, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We know that we have to provide disclosure notices under Medicare Part D for our company’s major medical plan. But do we have to provide disclosure notices for our HRA and health FSA? ANSWER: The answer is ...
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- Can we reimburse dependent care expenses incurred after an employee's DCAP participation terminates?
- From the November 08, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Our company has a cafeteria plan with a health FSA and a DCAP. I realize that if a DCAP participant terminates employment mid-year, the employee can submit expenses that were incurred before participation terminated, but what if the ...
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- When can participants change their HSA contribution elections under our cafeteria plan?
- From the October 18, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We are thinking about allowing employees to make pre-tax salary reduction contributions to their HSAs under our cafeteria plan for the 2008 plan year, but we’re not sure how the cafeteria plan election change rules apply ...
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- Can our health FSA ever reimburse expenses for procedures that improve an individual's appearance, and if so, when?
- From the October 04, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Can our company’s health FSA ever reimburse expenses for procedures that improve an individual’s appearance (e.g., teeth whitening or hair transplants)? I know there is a special rule prohibiting reimbursement for cosmetic procedures, but ...
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- Does a cafeteria plan with a cash-out option raise any concerns under the MSP rules?
- From the July 26, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: We have a cafeteria plan with a cash-out option for employees who don’t elect coverage under our company’s major medical plan. A few of our employees are entitled to Medicare. Does a cash-out ...
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- Can our company's DCAP reimburse expenses for summer camp?
- From the July 12, 2007 EBIA Weekly
- QUESTION: Several of our employees have asked whether summer camp expenses are reimbursable by our company’s DCAP. I don’t know the answer—please help! ANSWER: The short answer is that many (but not all) expenses ...
