Proposed Wellness Plan Regulations in Group Health Plans
On behalf of te section of Taxation of the State Bar of Texas, Polsinelli Shughart attorney Henry Talavera and others, submitted a response to the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of the Treasury for comments concerning proposed regulations relating to incentives for nondiscriminatry wellness programs in group health plans under Treasury Regulations section 54.9802 - 1 (f) prohibiting discrimination against participants and beneficiaries based on a health factor with respect to wellness programs.
About Henry Talavera
Henry Talavera is a member of the Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation practice group. Henry has a broad-based, comprehensive practice which involves all areas of employee benefits law. He advises public, private, and tax-exempt employers on the design, implementation, and administration of all types of welfare plans and tax-qualified retirement plans (including defined benefit, 401(k), 403(b) and 457(b)). Henry has substantial experience working on executive compensation and employment agreements, including equity compensation and deferred compensation arrangements for partnerships. Henry represents clients before the IRS and U.S. Department of Labor with respect to employee benefit plan audits and voluntary correction procedure filings, and drafting and negotiating terms of merger and acquisition agreements. Henry also has extensive experience counseling clients with respect to Federal health care and related laws impacting an employer’s medical plans, including, but not limited to, HIPAA privacy.
