Category Archives: Advocacy and Litigation
ERIC Disappointed in Ninth Circuit Panel Decision on Seattle Health Care Hotel Mandate
City and state mandates on employers to provide benefits are preempted by the federal ERISA law. As a practical matter, these mandates harm workers, forcing employers to divert resources away from providing quality health coverage, and instead spend money to comply with a mismatched patchwork of state and local rules.
ERIC: March Health Calls, American Rescue Plan, Telehealth Only Plans Clarification, Primary Care Enhancement Act & Nominations Update
ERIC Victory: Congress Passes Multiemployer and Single Employer Funding Changes; DOL Signals Changes to Investment Rules
The American Rescue Plan heads to the President’s Desk for Signature and the DOL issues enforcement guidance on ESG and Proxy Rules.
ERIC Fights California Proposal Extending and Expanding COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave
Employer Public Option Proposal, APCD Committee Nominations, E&C Telehealth Hearing & Nominations Update
Large Employers Oppose Maryland’s HB 581 Health Spending Mandate
Today, ERIC pressed Maryland’s House Appropriations Committee to withdraw HB 581 from consideration. HB 581 is an attempt to enforce certain coverage and reimbursement requirements on ERISA-governed employee benefit plans with beneficiaries in Maryland, which we believe may be preempted by ERISA.
Oklahoma House Public Health Committee Passes Telehealth Bill Out of Committee
On February 24, Oklahoma’s House Public Health Committee heard HB 1689. ERIC urged Chair Roe and committee members to pass HB 1689 out of Committee.