Sec. 2550.403a–1 Establishment of trust. 2550.403b–1 Exemptions from trust requirement. 2550.404a–1 Investment duties. 2550.404b–1 Maintenance of the indicia of ownership of plan assets outside the jurisdiction of the district courts of the United States. 2550.404c–1 ERISA section 404(c) plans. 2550.407a–1 General rule for the acquisition and holding of employer securities and employer real pro...

Health officials attest that immunizations are among the most successful interventions in public health. However, there remains a substantial unvaccinated population in the United States. We analyzed how state-level vaccination exemption laws affect immunization rates and the incidence of preventable disease. We measured the association between each component of state kindergarten vaccination e...

The U.S. personal bankruptcy system functions as a bankruptcy system for small businesses as well as consumers, because debts of noncorporate firms are personal liabilities of the firms’ owners. If the firm fails, the owner has an incentive to file for bankruptcy, since both business debts and the owner’s personal debts will be discharged. In bankruptcy, the owner must give up assets above a fi...

introduction: the main purpose of donor selection is not only the donor protection from blood donation complications but also the blood recipient not be expose to blood- transmitted diseases. this study aimed to determine the reason for exemption from donors among blood donor's who refer to ilam blood transfusion organization. materials and methods: this is a retrospective and descriptive ...

BACKGROUND Street-level workers play a key role in public health policies in Africa, as they are often the ones to ensure their implementation. In Burkina Faso, the State formulated two different user-fee exemption policies for indigents, one for deliveries (2007), and one for primary healthcare (2009). The objective of this study was to measure and understand the determinants of street-level w...

In Duke University' the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) faced squarely for the first time the proper application of the nonprofit hospital exemption of section 2(2) of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)2 in the context of a nonprofit, nonhospital employer operating a medical center and hospital as part of a large university. The Board easily found a basis for jurisdiction over Duke U...

BACKGROUND In recent years, many state Medicaid programs have implemented preferred drug lists (PDL) to control pharmaceutical costs by generating supplemental rebate revenues and directing providers to the most cost-effective treatments. Two states, Michigan and Vermont, sought approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for supplemental rebates for their Medicaid fee-for-serv...