Is there a required contribution that employers must make into employees’ HSA accounts?
In March 2005, Brethren Benefit Trust convened a meeting of the Brethren Medical Plan Interim Advisory Panel. This group, which represented pastors, the denominational agencies, Council of District Executives, and Annual Conference’s Pastoral Compensation and Benefits Advisory Committee, approved a recommendation that calls on every congregation, district, or other agency that offers a high deductible plan to its employees to make a minimum contribution to their employees’ HSAs. The minimum recommended contribution for those with individual medical coverage is $500; it is $1,000 for those with family medical coverage. That recommendation was supported by the BBT Board at its April 2005 meeting.
