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Compliance Check-Up: Illinois Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act

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On August 21, 2021, Illinois enacted the Consumer Coverage Disclosure Act (the “CCDA”) requiring that Illinois employers provide a disclosure to employees which comparing the employer’s group health plan compares with the...more

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One Big Beautiful Bill: Impact on Welfare Benefits

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President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law on July 4, 2025. The OBBB is a wide-ranging piece of legislation that introduces significant reforms across multiple areas of federal policy, including...more

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Hot Topics in US Health & Welfare

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AT A GLANCE - There have been a number of important developments in the United States relating to health and welfare over recent months....more

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Does Your Health Plan Meet the New Kentucky Prescription Drug Rules?

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Effective January 1, 2025, Kentucky has new law regulating pharmacy benefit managers (“PBMs”). Earlier this year, the Governor of Kentucky signed SB 188 into law, making Kentucky the latest state to pass legislation...more

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Florida Enacts Comprehensive Pharmacy Benefit Plan Regulation

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This legislative session, Florida has joined Arkansas and Oklahoma among the most regulatory-minded states with respect to pharmacy benefit plans and programs as well as pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). Florida's...more

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Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 35

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Legislators and lobbyists braved an early morning downpour as action began early under the Gold Dome today. Committees began meeting at 7:30 a.m., and both chambers took to the floor at 10 a.m. The House completed their Rules...more

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New Disclosure Requirements for Those that Contract with ERISA Group Health Plans

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Included within the 5539 pages of statutory changes in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the COVID-19 relief bill signed into law at the end of December 2020) are important new “transparency” laws that affect third...more

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July is the New January – Employment and Labor Laws are Skipping Summer Vacation

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Each year, Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute provides its “July is the New January” report on labor and employment laws that become effective in the middle of the year.  In 2019, we reported on scores of new laws that took...more

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New Surprise Billing Legislation and Rules Go Into Effect on January 1

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New legislation passed in the 2019 session of the Texas Legislature, SB 1264, went into effect on January 1, 2020. The statute protects Texas residents from so-called surprise billing, where patients receive costly medical...more

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Many New Changes And Offerings Impacting Employee Benefit Plans In 2020

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A number of changes and new legislation will be impacting your company’s employee benefit plans in 2020.  Here is a summary of the highlights of what is to come in the new year....more

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Nevada Supreme Court Weighs in Again on the Nevada Constitution’s Minimum Wage Amendment

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On March 16, 2017, the Nevada Supreme Court issued yet another 6-0 en banc decision regarding the Nevada Constitution’s oft-litigated Minimum Wage Amendment, Nev. Cost. art. XV § 16 (“MWA” or the “Amendment”). The issues...more

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California Clamps Down On Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills

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On September 23, 2016, Governor Brown signed AB 72, California’s surprise out-of-network law. The bill protects patients who seek care at an in-network facility from balance billing by individual health care providers who are...more

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California Targets Surprise Medical Bills, Follows on the Heels of New York and Florida

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Governor Brown approved a new law last Friday that limits patient exposure to so-called surprise medical bills. AB 72 caps the cost-sharing obligations of patients who unexpectedly receive care from non-contracted providers...more

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