EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT (ERISA)

Bills and resolutions

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction (see H.R. 6097), H4774 [10JY]

Insurance: ensure health care coverage value and transparency for dental benefits under group health plans (see H.R. 4818), H2203 [26AP]

——— provide parity under group health plans and insurance coverage in the provision of benefits for prosthetics and custom orthotics and benefits for other medical and surgical services (see H.R. 4175), H1304 [8MR]

——— 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. 4470), H2030 [19AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (see H.R. 5981), H3914 [20JN]

——— permit access by individuals with covered pensions to certain disability benefits without penalty (see S. 3447), S5487 [26JY]

Remarks in House

Dept. of HHS: exempt employers from taxes, penalties, or suits for failure to offer insurance coverage for certain women’s preventive services on the basis of religious belief or moral conviction, H4732 [10JY]

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 (H.R. 2746), H4076 [27JN]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: guarantee qualified preretirement survivor annuities under insolvent or terminated multiemployer pension plans (H.R. 5981), E1093 [20JN]

——— pension funding relief reforms, H4627, H4628, H4629 [29JN]

Remarks in Senate

Pensions: reform funding rules, S1659 [14MR]