Tuesday, October 21, 2025, 10 am to 12:15 pm
Featuring Dorothy Cociu and Marilyn Monahan
Clients and Broker Co-Op Members No Charge. All others $49.
Offering 2 Hours of HRCI General Credit + Agent CE credit has also applied for
We will cover the health benefits and HR provisions of the OBBBB Act, including:
- Changes impacting HSA eligibility, including first dollar telehealth coverage, bronze and catastrophic compatible plans, and reimbursements for Direct Primary Care
- Changes to Medicaid/MediCal and ACA Marketplace changes related to PTCs
- Increase to Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts contribution limits, and an expansion of benefits available under educational assistance programs
- Administrative and legal requirements surrounding these benefit changes
- No tax on tips and no tax on overtime provisions
- Exclusion for employer-provided meals and other employment-related provisions
- New Trump Accounts and Employer-allowed contributions to them
- No interest on car loans
- Continuation of employer tax credits for paid family and medical leave
- Important deductions for seniors.
- Update on other essential developments at the federal and state level affecting employee benefit plans.
Speaker Mini-Bios
Marilyn Monahan, Esq, Monahan Law Office
Marilyn A. Monahan is the owner of the Monahan Law Office in San Marcos. Marilyn focuses her law practice on advising employers and consultants on compliance with employee benefit and insurance laws, including ACA, ERISA, HIPAA, and COBRA. Her volunteer activities include serving as Secretary of the Employee Benefit Planning Association (EBPA). Marilyn has also served on the Board of Directors of the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA) (2008-2018). She has represented Advanced Benefit Consulting since its inception in 1995.
Dorothy M. Cociu, RHU, REBC, GBA, RPA, President, Advanced Benefit Consulting
Dorothy Cociu is the President of Advanced Benefit Consulting & Insurance Services, Inc.. She is a leading compliance consultant in the areas of ERISA, HIPAA Privacy & Security, The Affordable Care Act, CAA, Transparency in Coverage and other federal laws and regulations. She is a published author, with a compliance manual (The ABC’s of HIPAA Compliance, published 2000, with updates), and over 95 articles published on the topics above, plus self-funding, cost containment, reference based pricing, and other employee benefits and compliance topics. Her firm specializes in large group employee benefits programs and benefits compliance.
This program has been pre-approved for 2 hours of HRCI General Credit toward aPHR®, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™ and SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®).