BNA Books Announces the Publication of the 2012 Edition of "ERISA Regulations"

ARLINGTON, Va., Dec. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- BNA Books, a division of specialized news and information publisher BNA, today announces the publication of the 2012 Edition of ERISA Regulations, providing all the rules and regulations on employee benefits issued by federal agencies.

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ERISA Regulations, 2012 Edition contains the full text of all proposed and final regulations through July 31, 2011, from the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, and the Treasury Department and final regulations from the Department of Health and Human Services and other agencies that affect benefit plans. Included in the 2012 Edition are important new regulations such as: 

• Department of Labor (Employee Benefits Security Administration) regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and fiduciary requirements for disclosure in participant-directed individual account plans
• Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation regulations on single-employer plan terminations initiated by PBGC and on the bankruptcy filing date treated as plan termination date
• Internal Revenue Service regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under PPACA; hybrid retirement plans; and excise taxes on prohibited tax shelter transactions
• Health and Human Services regulations on group health plans and health insurance issuers relating to coverage of (1) preventive services, (2) internal claims and appeals and external review processes, and (3) grandfathered health plan status under PPACA

ERISA Regulations, 2012 Edition is edited by Eric H. Rubin, Esq., Managing Editor for Federal Tax at BNA Tax & Accounting, a subsidiary of BNA, Arlington, VA; Michael G. Kushner, Esq., an attorney with LeClairRyan, New York, NY; and Sharon F. Fountain, Esq., Managing Editor for Compensation Planning at BNA Tax & Accounting, a subsidiary of BNA, Arlington, VA.

BNA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bloomberg L.P., is a leading source of legal, regulatory, and business information for professionals. In addition to ERISA Regulations, BNA's Book Division publishes: ERISA Class Exemptions, ERISA Fiduciary Law, ERISA Litigation, Employee Benefits Law, ERISA: The Law and the Code, Section 409A Handbook, and other titles in employee benefits law. For a free BNA Books catalog, call 1.800.960.1220, send an e-mail request to [email protected], or visit us online at www.bna.com/bnabooks.

ERISA Regulations, 2012 Edition (Order #1967-PR11/$225.00 plus tax, shipping, and handling) may be purchased from BNA Books, PO Box 7814, Edison, NJ 08818-7814. Telephone orders: 1.800.960.1220. Fax orders: 1.732.346.1624. A 10% discount is available on print copies of books when ordering from the website at www.bna.com/bnabooks. Please note that discounts cannot be combined.

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