THE ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE for ERISA INDUSTRY COMMITTEE

Health Issues HCR

Public Law 111-148/H.R. 3590, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, all provisions. Medicare Part D, automatic prescription refill programs requirements. Defense of Marriage Act, benefit issues. Proposed and final wellness program rules.

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Treasury, Dept of; Natl Economic Council (NEC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: H.R. 3590 (113th)

Retirement RET

ERISA, Section 404, relief relating to the timing of participant fee disclosures. FASB Accounting Standards disclosures by nonpublic employee benefit plans. Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, retirement plan provisions. S.1813: Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). Defense of Marriage Act, pension issues.PBGC proposed regulations including reporting rules for defined benefit plans; reportable events; proposed transfer proposals; and premium strategy. Regulations (proposed and final) and general issues regarding fee disclosure; lifetime income illustrations; pension plan discount rates SWAPS; taxation of retirement plans and benefits; tax reform; benefit statements for defined contribution plan; frozen plans; nondiscrimination testing, defined benefit pension plans; non-qualified compensation plans; and pension and retirement security issues.

Contacted: Natl Economic Council (NEC); SENATE; Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC); Labor, Dept of (DOL); Treasury, Dept of; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Bills named: S. 1813 (113th)