ashington, D.C., May 22, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) last week wrote a letter to Representative Clint P. Moses and members of the Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Health, Aging and Long-Term Care praising proposed legislation to expand and secure access to quality telehealth services for Wisconsinites.
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ERIC Alert: New Prescription Drug Law Could Raise Costs and Limit Access for Arkansas Workers and Families
Washington, D.C., April 29, 2025 – This month, Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed into law HB 1150, a bill that prohibits any and all pharmacies owned by or affiliated with a pharmacy benefit manager (“PBM”) from receiving a permit for the retail sale of drugs or medicines in Arkansas.
ERIC Health Care Policy Highlights: 2025 Policy Priorities; Victory! McKee Case; and More
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ERISA Victory: ERIC Applauds Court Ruling Upholding Employers’ Rights to Design Employee Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., April 2, 2025 – On Monday, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee granted a motion for summary judgment in McKee Foods Corporation v. BFP, Inc. The court agreed with McKee Foods that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act preempts key provisions of Tennessee’s law requiring that employers include “any willing pharmacy” in the networks maintained by the pharmacy benefit plans employers sponsor for workers and their families.
ERIC and Employer Coalition Urge Court to Uphold Decision Preserving Integrity of ERISA
Washington, D.C., February 4, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and a coalition of employee benefit industry groups urged the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to uphold a previous decision issued by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia in William Drummond v. Southern Company Services (Drummond).
ERIC and Coalition Allies Submit Amicus Brief Urging Review of Pension Risk Transfer Case That Threatens a Surge in Frivolous Litigation
Washington, D.C., January 24, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) and coalition allies (the amici) filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of New York (the court) to dismiss Doherty v. Bristol-Myers Squibb (Doherty).
ERIC Files Amicus Brief to Halt Tennessee Law that Illegally Interferes with Employer-Sponsored Health Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., January 13, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) filed an amicus brief last week urging the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee to grant a motion for summary judgment in McKee Foods Corporation v. BFP, Inc. In its brief, ERIC asked the court to affirm that Tennessee’s “any willing pharmacy” law is preempted by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
The ERISA Industry Committee Urges Maryland to Exclude ERISA Plans from New Claims Data Reporting Requirements
Washington, D.C., January 3, 2025 – The ERISA Industry Committee (“ERIC”) yesterday submitted public comments on proposed regulations contained in “COMAR 10.25.07, Certification of Electronic Health Networks and Medical Care Electronic Claims Clearinghouses” (“Proposed Rules”) issued by the Maryland Health Care Commission (“Commission”).
ERIC Sues Minnesota Over Law that Illegally Interferes with Employer-Sponsored Health Benefit Plans
Washington, D.C., December 27, 2024 – The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) today filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota (the court) against Minnesota’s Department of Commerce (MN-DOC) stemming from the Minnesota Pharmacy Benefit Manager Licensure and Regulation Act (the Minnesota Act).
ERIC Retirement & Compensation Policy Highlights: Key Committee Update: New House E&W Chairman; “Off the Record” Series Next Week; and More
Republican leadership has selected the next Chairman of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, the committee in the House that has jurisdiction over ERISA. Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) will lead the Committee in the next Congress. Mr. Walberg is a longtime member of both Education and Workforce and the Committee on Energy and Commerce.