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ERIC Urges Congress to Act Now to Improve Mental and Behavioral Health Care for Employees
ERIC has published specific public policy recommendations for Congress to implement to help America’s employers provide increased access to better mental and behavioral health care for their employees and families. The recommendations are part of an innovative new report, Prioritizing Employee Mental Health: Solutions for Congress, released today.
ERIC Win: Ohio Senate Passes Audiology Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact
HB 252 allows Ohio to enter the Audiology Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact (ASLP-IC). ERIC helped secure a floor vote by the Senate by encouraging the Ohio Senate President to schedule a floor vote for HB 252, so Ohioans could start benefiting from the ASLP-IC.
ERIC’s Petition For Leave To Respond To Seattle Opposition To Ninth Circuit Rehearing
New Employer Drug Cost Reporting Mandate Will Pose Significant Challenges
ERIC, along with HR consulting and asset management firm Mercer, responded to the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor, and the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel Management’s RFI regarding new employer requirements related to reporting on pharmacy benefits and prescription drug costs.
The Future of Employee Benefits is in the Hands of the U.S. Ninth Circuit
ERIC today requested that the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit allow us to respond to the City of Seattle’s opposition to our petition to convene en banc to rehear ERIC’s appeal in its case against the city. ERIC believes the three-judge panel wrongly dismissed our challenge to a Seattle health coverage mandate.