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Key Differences in Provisions Between Draft Senate and House-Passed Reconciliation Bill

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 6/23/2025

Over the last week, the Senate Finance Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee released their portions of reconciliation text, which includes most of the Medicaid and food insecurity provisions. The Senate committees will...more

American Rescue Plan Act Provides COBRA Subsidies

Butler Snow LLP on 4/2/2021

The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”) includes a valuable benefit for an employee who has lost (or loses) healthcare coverage due to an involuntary termination or reduction in hours — up to 6 months of free COBRA...more

New COBRA Obligations for Employers Included in Biden’s $1.9 Trillion Stimulus

Akerman LLP - HR Defense on 3/17/2021

For employers with group health plans, COBRA obligations under President Biden’s premiere $1.9 trillion stimulus legislation, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Rescue Plan”) are an early priority. ...more

Is Foresight 2020? Employers Confront New Laws Taking Effect in the New Year

Littler on 11/14/2019

As the year draws to a close, employers are assessing the next wave of labor and employment laws and regulations they will face in 2020 and beyond. Most new laws taking effect at the end of 2019 and throughout 2020 are at the...more

New Mexico, New Laws: “Right-to-Work” Preemption, Gender-Neutral Restrooms, Criminal History Checks — and More

Littler on 4/17/2019

New Mexico’s state legislature has been busy over the past few weeks acting on bills introduced earlier this year. The state has enacted at least nine new laws affecting employers, covering many topics from health care access...more

Iowa Emerges as Latest State to Challenge ACA Through Noncompliant Plans

Troutman Pepper Locke on 4/9/2018

We recently wrote about Idaho’s failed attempt to permit health insurers to sell policies that did not comply with Affordable Care Act (ACA) requirements for the individual insurance market. ...more

The Impact of the 2017 Tax Reforms on Employment-Based Benefits and Tax-Favored Compensation

BakerHostetler on 12/26/2017

Whenever the United States Congress takes up “tax reform,” there always is a danger that the Congress will pay for such tax reform, in part, by eliminating many of the tax incentives that enable employers to provide...more

New Tax Plan Changes Rules on Health Coverage, Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation

Baker Donelson on 12/26/2017

While primarily focused on individual and business tax cuts and reform, the final Republican tax cut bill includes several provisions expected to impact health care coverage and expenses. First, the bill effectively repeals...more

Window on Washington - Vol. 1, Issue 40

Clark Hill PLC on 12/26/2017

Busy January: Congress has left town with a long list of items that it will need to handle in January and throughout the first quarter of 2018. The continuing resolution that Congress just passed only funds the government...more

Basics of New Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA)

Perkins Coie on 12/15/2016

The Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Arrangement (QSEHRA), part of the 21st Century Cures Act signed into law by President Barack Obama on December 13, 2016, makes available to small employers a new option to...more

California Clamps Down On Surprise Out-Of-Network Bills

Buchalter on 9/30/2016

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

Illinois data breach law amended and includes new twists

Robinson+Cole Data Privacy + Security Insider on 6/24/2016

Governor Bruce Rauner signed several new provisions into law amending Illinois’ Personal Information Privacy Act, including health insurance and medical information into the definition of personal information that triggers...more

ACA Automatic Enrollment Mandate Repealed by Bipartisan Budget Act

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive... on 11/4/2015

On Monday, November 2nd, the President signed the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (BBA). Some legislators had hoped that a budget deal would at least include a repeal of the controversial 40% excise tax on high-cost health...more

Automatic Enrollment for Health Plans Has Been Repealed

McDermott Will & Emery on 11/3/2015

Budget legislation signed into law by President Barack Obama on November 2, 2015, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, repeals the controversial automatic enrollment provision under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Section 18A of...more

President Obama Signs ACA Change Into Law

Littler on 10/15/2015

While Republican efforts to effectively repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) through the budget reconciliation process have garnered attention, Congress's recent passage of a bipartisan bill making targeted changes to the law...more

Connecticut Updates its Data Security Laws, Imposing Stringent New Requirements

Proskauer on Privacy on 7/16/2015

On June 30, 2015, the Governor of Connecticut signed into law S.B. 949, “An Act Improving Data Security and Agency Effectiveness." The new law updates Connecticut’s data security laws, including by adding a 90-day hard...more

Blog: States Strengthen Laws Addressing Health Information Handling and Breach Response

Cooley LLP on 7/8/2015

Connecticut and Oregon were recently added to the increasing list of states adopting stricter laws addressing the handling of health information and penalties in connection with breaches of health information. Both states...more

Hold the Phone! Washington Adopts Telemedicine Parity Law

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP on 5/1/2015

On April 17, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed Substitute Senate Bill 5175 (the “Parity Law”), which expands coverage for telemedicine services paid by health plans in the state of Washington. With the new law, Washington...more

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