EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA)

Bills and resolutions

Business and industry: treat deferred executive compensation arrangements comparable to defined benefit pension plans relative to funding-based limits on benefits and accruals (see H.R. 2863), H6743 [12JN]

Dept. of Labor: provide for disclosure of compensation for services to pension plans (see H.R. 4146), H13353 [19NO]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans (see S. 401), S2027 [9FE]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2366), H5484 [12MY]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (see H.R. 1330), H3053 [5MR]

Federal employees: require health benefits coverage for infertility treatment (see S. 1258), S6580 [15JN] (see H.R. 697), H526 [26JA]

Health: encourage programs of health promotion or disease prevention (see H.R. 3688), H10455 [1OC]

———improve health insurance coverage of dependents (see H.R. 3887), H11580 [21OC]

———preclude preemption of a State cause of action relating to a denial of a claim for benefits under a health care plan (see H.R. 3925), H11790 [26OC]

———promote the use of prevention and wellness programs (see H.R. 3468), H9276 [31JY]

———provide emergency protection for retiree health benefits (see H.R. 1322), H3052 [5MR]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see S. 488), S2558 [26FE] (see H.R. 716), H601 [27JA]

———require individual and group health insurance coverage and group health plans and Federal employees health benefit plans to provide coverage for routine HIV screening (see H.R. 2137), H4914 [28AP]

Income: require a lifetime income disclosure (see S. 2832), S12322 [3DE]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H1247 [11FE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 3911), H11712 [22OC]

———extend coverage under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage for dependent, unmarried, uninsured children under the age of 30 (see H.R. 2831), H6617 [11JN]

———improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (see S. 1630), S8993 [6AU] (see H.R. 3799), H11297 [13OC]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions for children in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 643), S3550 [19MR] (see H.R. 1619), H3703 [19MR]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (see S. 623), S3163 [17MR] (see H.R. 1092), H1606 [13FE] (see H.R. 1558), H3526 [17MR]

———require comprehensive coverage for childhood immunizations (see H.R. 323), H89 [8JA]

———require coverage of preventive care for children (see H.R. 2292), H5307 [6MY]

———require group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage to provide coverage for second opinions (see H.R. 2457), H5711 [18MY]

———require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see S. 1235), S6542 [11JN] (see H.R. 1339), H3053 [5MR]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (see H.R. 2940), H7022 [18JN]

Investments: provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans (see H.R. 1988), H4580 [21AP]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans and provide a minimum investment option requirement for such plans (see H.R. 1984), H4579 [21AP]

———provide special reporting and disclosure rules for individual retirement account plans, minimum investment option requirement for such plans, investment advice, and transitional relief (see H.R. 2989), H7144 [23JN]

———require in the annual report of each defined benefit pension plan disclosure of plan investments in hedge funds (see H.R. 712), H601 [27JA]

———require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (see H.R. 2792), H6537 [10JN]

Medicare: allow early access to benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of premiums for such benefits (see S. 960), S5014 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: report on dealership closings in connection with General Motors Corp., and Chrysler LLC bankruptcies and suspend withdrawal liability to multiemployer plans in connection with such closings (see H.R. 2793), H6537 [10JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: amend composition of Board of Directors (see S. 1544), S8557 [30JY]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets (see H.R. 3936), H11867 [27OC]

———provide necessary reforms for employee pension benefit plans (see H.R. 4281), H14743 [10DE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 2607), H6011 [21MY]

Remarks in House

Children and youth: ensure that dependent students who take a medically necessary leave of absence do not lose health insurance coverage, H10495 [6OC]

Diseases: require group and individual health insurance coverage of screening for colorectal cancer (H.R. 1330), H3798, H3800 [24MR]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (H.R. 995), H14913 [15DE]

———coverage of bone mass measurements (H.R. 3911), E2611 [22OC]

———extend coverage under group health plans and under group and individual health insurance coverage for dependent, unmarried, uninsured children under the age of 30 (H.R. 2831), H6908 [17JN], H11114 [8OC]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (H.R. 1092), H3447 [17MR]

———require group health plans and issuers of health insurance coverage to provide coverage for second opinions (H.R. 2457), E1182 [18MY]

———require health plans to provide direct access to services provided by obstetrician-gynecologists without a referral (H.R. 2940), E1497 [18JN]

Investments: provide for independent investment advice for participants and beneficiaries under individual account plans (H.R. 1988), E914 [21AP]

———require participant-directed individual retirement account plans to include in benefit statements points of comparison to show relative performance of investment options under such plans (H.R. 2792), E1368 [10JN]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans, H8105 [15JY], H8187 [16JY], H8877, H8906 [28JY], H10524 [7OC], E2039 [28JY]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care, H12961 [7NO]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 2607), H12217 [3NO]

Remarks in Senate

Health: require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (S. 488), S2564 [26FE]

Income: require a lifetime income disclosure (S. 2832), S12327 [3DE]

Insurance: improve prescription drug coverage under Medicare and private health insurance (S. 1630), S9027 [6AU]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets, S10601 [21OC]

———prohibit pre-existing condition exclusions in group health plans and health insurance coverage in the group and individual markets (S. 623), S3183 [17MR]

———provide enhanced health insurance marketplace pooling and relating market rating, S13681 [21DE]

Pensions: allow time for pensions to fund benefit obligations due to economic circumstances in the financial markets, S10771 [27OC]

Reports filed

401(k) Fair Disclosure and Pension Security Act: Committee on Education and Labor (House) (H.R. 2989) (H. Rept. 111-244), H9275 [31JY]

Texts of

S. 623, Preexisting Condition Patient Protection Act, S3183, S3185 [17MR]

S. 1630, Affordable Access to Prescription Medications Act, S9027-S9029 [6AU]

S. 2832, Lifetime Income Disclosure Act, S12327 [3DE]