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Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Regulations Suspended: Takeaways for Plan Sponsors and Health Insurance Issuers

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In January 2025, The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed a complaint against the US Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury (the departments) seeking to invalidate the 2024 final regulations under...more

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Pressing Pause: Federal Agencies Halt Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Rule

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On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and the Treasury (the Departments) announced a non-enforcement policy regarding the final rule issued in September 2024 under the Mental Health Parity and...more

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Parity in Peril? Plan Sponsors Breathe Easier As Trump Administration Hits Pause on Enforcement of Mental Health Parity Final Rule

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On May 15, 2025 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the “Departments”) announced they will temporarily not enforce their new standards published under the mental health parity Final Rule last...more

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A Q&A and More Delay: IRS Begins to Issue Clarifying Guidance on SECURE 2.0 Provisions

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In late December 2023, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued Notice 2024-2 (the Notice), providing guidance on key provisions of the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). SECURE 2.0, which was passed in December 2022,...more

Fenwick & West LLP

The Shifting Regulatory Landscape for Level-Funded Plans: An Alternative for Group Health Insurance

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In the constantly changing health insurance landscape, level-funded health plans are steadily gaining ground as a viable middle approach between fully insured health plan and self-funded health plans—arguably offering...more

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IRS Says Keep Those Class Exclusions Classy Under Long-Term, Part-Time Employee Rules

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In this series of articles, we explore the implications of the long-term, part-time employee rules under the SECURE Act and SECURE 2.0 and the impact those rules have on employers and their workforces. Together, the...more

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SECURE 2.0 Takes Second Bite at Retirement Security

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The US Congress recently passed the SECURE 2.0 Act of 2022 (SECURE 2.0). Building on the Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement (SECURE) Act of 2019 (SECURE 1.0), SECURE 2.0 strives to expand retirement plan...more

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog

IRS Extends Deadline For Plan Sponsors To Adopt Amendments Reflecting Recent Law Changes

On August 3, 2022, the IRS published Notice 2022-33, which extends the deadlines for amending retirement plans and IRAs to reflect certain changes to the law made by the SECURE Act; the Bipartisan American Miners Act; and...more

Morgan Lewis - ML Benefits

SECURE Act May Pave Way to More Lifetime Income Opportunities in Defined Contribution Plans

Ever since defined contribution plans have come to dominate the retirement plan landscape, both plan sponsors and policymakers have grappled with how to help employees take a lifetime’s worth of savings and convert it into a...more

Groom Law Group, Chartered

Lifetime Income Provisions Under the SECURE Act

As the U.S. private retirement system has largely shifted away from traditional pensions in favor of a defined contribution plan savings model, a number of policymakers have expressed concerns over whether participants’...more

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SECURE Act Modifies Retirement Plan Distribution Rules

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New legislation impacting retirement plans and their participants was signed into law by President Trump on December 20, 2019. The Setting Every Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act (the “SECURE Act”) is one of the...more

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