Health Care

Employee Retirement Income Security Act

A 1974 Federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employee benefits. It does not affect the benefits and rights of employees whose employer is self-insured. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993)

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A 1974 Federal act which preempts states' rights with regard to workers' pension benefits and employee benefits. It does not affect the benefits and rights of employees whose employer is self-insured. (From Slee & Slee, Health Care Reform Terms, 1993)

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6 entry terms
  • ERISA
  • PL 93-406
  • PL93-406
  • Public Law 93-406
  • United States Employee Retirement Income Security Act
  • Public Law 93 406

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9 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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add UNITED STATES; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry

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Previous Indexing

  • Health Benefit Plans, Employee (1991-1996)
  • Insurance, Health (1975-1990)

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  1. N01.824w.417w.510.300w
  2. N01.824w.417w.700w.325.300w
  3. N03w.219w.521.576w.343w.290.300w
  4. N03w.706.615w.215w
  5. N04w.452.677w.800w.325.300w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Employee Retirement Income Security Act. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D019461. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D019461
  2. Employee Retirement Income Security Act. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Employee_Retirement_Income_Security_Act_of_1974
  3. Employee Retirement Income Security Act. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5374276