News & Analysis as of

Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) › State Legislatures

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC

Stuck in the Middle: Self-Funded Health Plans and Recent Challenges to State PBM Laws

Bass, Berry & Sims PLC on

In recent years, prescription drug prices have been top-of-mind for state legislators, who have responded by passing laws that seek to control that pricing in a variety of ways, including by regulating pharmacy benefit...more

Ropes & Gray LLP

State ESG Update and Analysis for Asset Managers and Financial Institutions

Ropes & Gray LLP on

As we discussed in our white paper “ESG and Public Pension Investing in 2023: A Year-to-Date Recap and Analysis”, there was a surge in legislative activity in 2023 among red states curtailing the use of environmental, social...more

Littler

July is Still the New January! Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute’s Mid-Year Legislative Report

Littler on

Hot off the press – here is Littler’s mid-year report!  As federal regulators, states and cities continue to pass new workplace regulations through the calendar year, we summarize each state’s notable labor and employment law...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Nationwide Ban against the Enforcement of Mandatory Arbitration Agreements in Sexual Misconduct Cases

McDermott Will & Schulte on

On February 10, 2022, the US Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021 (the Act), a bipartisan bill that invalidates and renders unenforceable predispute arbitration...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

DOL Actively Enforcing Newly Required Mental Health Comparative Analysis

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on

Group health plans and insurers have been required since 2008 to ensure that any “nonquantitative treatment limitations” (NQTLs) imposed on mental health or substance use disorder (MH/SUD) benefits are comparable and no more...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report — Legislative Day 35

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP on

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

Foley & Lardner LLP

California: Proposed Legislation Regulating Health Care Rates for Payors and Providers

Foley & Lardner LLP on

An ambitious California proposal to regulate health care rates and curb long-term health care spending was unveiled last week in Assembly Bill 3087 (Proposed Legislation). The key concept in the Proposed Legislation is the...more

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints

Efforts to Shore up MassHealth Should Favor Simplicity and Avoid Potential Conflict with Federal Law

Mintz - Employment Viewpoints on

In an effort to make up for a funding shortfall in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ Medicaid program, state policymakers have proposed solutions that include a “play-or-pay” option under which employers who fail to offer...more

8 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide