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Dear Mr. Harris:

This office is in receipt of your request for an Attorney General's opinion, on behalf of the City of Denham Springs, regarding a proposal to establish individual Flexible Medical Spending Account plans, qualified by the Internal Revenue Service, for the benefit of the City's employees.

It is our understanding that the City's insurance agent has proposed the plan as a means to help employees defray the cost of their insurance deductibles and uninsured medical expenses. Under the proposed plan, employees would be able to fund medical savings accounts on a monthly basis with…