2019 ACA Reporting and Distribution Deadlines
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires employers to report certain information to the IRS and plan participants each year....
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New York State Requires Insurers to Cover Egg Freezing and In-Vitro Fertilization
The 2020 New York State Budget amended the state’s insurance law to require certain insurers to cover medically-necessary egg freezing ...
New Jersey Bans Hairstyle Discrimination
On December 19, 2019, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed the “Create Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair...
Washington D.C. Paid Family Leave: Official Worksite Notice Released
Background: Enacted in February 2017, the Universal Paid Leave Act of 2016 created the Washington D.C Paid Family Leave program...
Creditable Status Disclosure Due to CMS within 60 Days of Start of Plan Year
The Medicare Modernization Act requires all employers to complete an Online Disclosure to the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services...
5th Circuit Declines to Decide Whether Entire ACA is Unconstitutional
On December 18, 2019, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) individual mandate was...
ACA Updates: HIT and Cadillac Tax Repealed, PCORI Fee Extended
On December 19, 2019, Congress passed the 2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act (“Act”), which makes the following Affordable Care Act...
State-Mandated Short Term Disability Benefits: 2020 Rates
California, Hawaii, New Jersey, Rhode Island, New York and Puerto Rico have mandated short-term disability programs which provide wage replacement...
Massachusetts Individual Mandate: Employer Reporting and Distribution Due January 31, 2020
The Massachusetts individual mandate requires most residents over the age of 18 to have minimum creditable health care coverage (MCC)...
Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Private Plan Exemption Update
Background: Beginning January 2021, most workers in Massachusetts will be eligible to receive up to 12 weeks of paid family leave and ...