• 2022 Lawyers and Administrators Meeting

    March 22, 2022

    NCCMP is pleased to welcome you to our 2022 Lawyers and Administrators Meeting on March 22, 2022 at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. A virtual option is also available for our attendees who are not yet ready to attend in person.

    Our Lawyers and Administrators Meeting brings together technical experts and plan professionals on multiemployer health and pension plan topics to discuss the cutting edge issues facing our plans. Both our in-person and virtual attendees will have the opportunity to engage in discussion with representatives from the government agencies with jurisdiction over our plans as well as with technical experts and plan professionals on the issues that are important to you.

    For those joining us in person, please note that all attendees must show proof of vaccination and booster. Masks will be required when not eating or drinking.  More information on the safety guidelines at the National Press Club may be found here.

    If you have registered for the event please click here to visit our conference page to view the sessions.

    If you have not yet registered for the event, please click here to register.

    The full pdf agenda for our 2022 Lawyers and Administrators Meeting may be found here. Please also see the Agenda section below for our schedule, speakers, and materials.

    Agenda

    Tuesday, March 22, 2022

    Welcome, Introductions, and Opening Remarks

    9:00-9:10

    Michael D. Scott
    Executive Director, NCCMP

    Chairman’s Remarks

    9:10-9:15

    Sean McGarvey
    Chairman of the Board, NCCMP
    President, NABTU

    Special Financial Assistance

    9:15-9:30

    This session will examine how this historic legislation came to be, and discuss the progress made with the program so far.

    The Honorable Gordon Hartogensis
    Director, PBGC

     

    Update from the NCCMP

    9:30-10:00

    Mr. Scott will provide an update on the legislative and regulatory work of the NCCMP on behalf of multiemployer pension and health and welfare plans.

    Michael D. Scott
    Executive Director, NCCMP

    Department of Labor's Upcoming Regulatory Priorities

    10:00-10:30

    Ali Khawar
    Acting Assistant Secretary for EBSA, DOL

    BREAK

    10:30-10:45

    Coffee break

    Update on the Special Financial Assistance Program from PBGC

    10:45-11:15

    Jim Donofrio
    Director, Negotiations & Restructuring Actuarial Department, PBGC

    Julie Cameron
    Manager, PBGC

     

    Other PBGC Regulatory Priorities

    11:15-11:45

    John Holland Ginsberg
    Assistant General Counsel, PBGC

    Bruce Perlin
    Assistant Chief Counsel, PBGC

     

    Pension Legislative and Regulatory Update

    11:45-12:30

    Brigen Winters
    Principal, The Groom Law Group

    LUNCH

    12:30-1:15

    Lunch break

    Update on the Department of Labor's Healthcare Priorities

    1:15-1:45

    Amber Rivers
    Director, Office of Health Plan Standards and Compliance Assistance, DOL

    Healthcare Legislative and Regulatory Update

    1:45-2:45

    Kathryn Bakich
    Senior Vice President and National Health Compliance Practice Leader, Segal

    Carolyn Smith
    Counsel, Alston and Bird LLP

     

    BREAK

    2:45-3:00

    Coffee break

    Strategies and Challenges in Complying with the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act

    3:00-3:45

    Kathryn Bakich
    Senior Vice President and National Health Compliance Practice Leader, Segal

    Deepti Loharikar
    Senior Director, Regulatory Affairs, Association for Behavioral Health and Wellness

     

    Understanding Retirement Security Gaps by Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

    3:45-4:30

    Deva Kyle
    Of Counsel, Cohen, Weiss, and Simon

     

    Open Forum

    4:30-5:00

    This time is set aside for issues you would like the group to discuss, but which did not appear on the formal agenda.

    Moderator:
    Mariah Becker
    Director of Research and Education, NCCMP

    Closing and Adjournment

    5:00

    Michael D. Scott
    Executive Director, NCCMP

    Reception

    5:00-7:00

    Please join us for a cocktail reception immediately following the meeting.

    First Amendment Lounge, National Press Club

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