ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

HCR · Health Issues

Affordable Care Act, all provisions and related regulations, including employer mandate, wellness issues, out-of-pocket (OOP) limits, and nondiscrimination; 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; Patent reforms, prescription drug costs, rebates, generics, and biosimilars, Rx supply chain, 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, plan administration, electronic delivery; Transparency and accountability in the health care system, vertical integration impacts on health care; Caregiving, surprise medical billing, hospital billing, consolidation, anti-competitive practices Telehealth expansion, interstate provider licensing;

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; 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; Retirement-related tax issues;