ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

HCR · Health Issues

Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, as applicable to ERISA self-funded health plans; PCORI & comparative effectiveness, coverage mandates on ERISA plans, access to preventive care items and services; ADA and GINA, HIPAA compliance, privacy and security of health information, access to claims data, and all payers claims databases, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence; Coverage of and access to mental health and substance use disorder treatment; Tax treatment of employer-sponsored benefits and insurance; Drug related provisions including: patent reforms, costs, rebates, access to and regulation of generics, and biosimilars, and supply chain concerns; Medical management, value-driven care in public and private coverage; Patient safety and quality; Medicare Advantage, Medicare secondary payer, end stage renal disease (ESRD), and retiree health, COBRA, Medicare expansion and public option Health savings accounts and high-deductible health plan modernization; ERISA preemption protection; Clarification of ERISA fiduciary duty standards application to entities; Plan administration; Transparency and accountability in the health care system, vertical integration impacts on health care; Electronic delivery of plan communications; Caregiving support and incentives; Surprise medical billing/No Surprises Act implementation; Hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices; Telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing; CAA implementation; Access to preventive treatments and screenings related to chronic kidney care and other conditions such as colorectal cancer;

RET · Retirement

Paid leave issues; Emergency savings; Single-employer defined benefit issues; Retirement plan disclosures; Retirement plan investment requirements, options, duties, and related issues; Retirement plan contribution flexibility; Modernizing retirement plan administration; Retirement plan recordkeeping issues; Trump Accounts; PBGC premiums; SECURE 2.0 Act implementation; Multiemployer pensions; Litigation and enforcement affecting benefit plans; Retirement plan coverage; Retirement incentives; Fringe Benefit Issues

TAX · Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Tax treatment of employer-sponsored health benefits; Modernizing high-deductible health plans (HDHPs)/health savings accounts(HSAs); Treatment of excepted benefits for stand-alone telehealth plans; Telehealth first dollar coverage permenence; Retirement-related tax issues;