Benefits Legislative Updates - 2010

November/December 2010

Form W-2 Reporting Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
Government Clarification on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008
External Appeals
Limited Medical Plans (Mini-Meds)
Substantiation of Prescription Status for Over-the-Counter Medications
California Tax Treatment of Dependants

Government Issuance of Interim Final Regulations on the PPACA, dated June 22, 2010, on annual and lifetime limits, pre-existing condition exclusions, rescissions, and the statute's requirements for allowing access to certain providers
Government Issuance of Interim Final Regulations, dated July 14, 2010, on Preventative Care Services
Government Issuance of Interim Final Regulations on Appeals
Applications available for the Retiree Reinsurance Program

HHS Issues Interim Final Rules on the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program
IRS Issues Dependent Coverage Tax Treatment Guidance
DOL, IRS and HHS Issue Interim Final Rules for Group Health Plans and Health Insurance Issuers Relating to Dependent Coverage of Children to Age 26 under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
IRS issues Small Business Health Care Credit Guidance

Summary of Health Care Reform: The Impact of The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
COBRA subsidy eligibility period extended through May 31, 2010
San Francisco Health Care Security Ordinance expenditures released and Annual Reporting Forms are due April 30, 2010
Federal Trade Commission Red Flag Rule