SCI Cyberseminar on ERISA

ERISA (the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974) was created to establish uniform federal standards to protect private employee pension plans from fraud and mismanagement. But the federal statute also covers most other types of employee benefits plans, including health plans. Several of ERISA's provisions preempt state laws and complicate state efforts to make health care coverage more broadly available. The courts' interpretation of ERISA and the cases that have come before the courts have changed over the years. Patricia Butler, J.D., Dr.P.H., a leading national authority on ERISA and its implications for states, was the featured speaker of this Cyber Seminar, which was co-sponsored by the National Academy for State Health Policy (NASHP) and the State Coverage Initiatives (SCI) program.  Background materials for this cyberseminar, along with a cyberseminar archive can be found at http://www.statecoverage.net/cyberseminar/index.htm. 
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