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Employee Benefits Security Administration: 42 rules and proposed rules since January 2024

25 final rules and 17 proposed rules since January 22, 2024, 23 of them marked significant. Common topics: employee benefit plans, pensions, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, excise taxes, health care.

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DocumentTypePublished
Transparency in Coverage
2026-20447 · significant
Final ruleOct 6
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Correction
2026-17622 · significant
Final ruleAug 28
Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA
2026-14917 · significant
Proposed ruleJul 23
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations
2026-11140 · significant
Final ruleJun 4
Excepted Fertility Benefits
2026-09479
Proposed ruleMay 13
Fiduciary Duties in Selecting Designated Investment Alternatives
2026-06178
Proposed ruleMar 31
Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary: Notice of Court Vacatur
2026-05492 · significant
Final ruleMar 20
Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure; Extension of Comment Period
2026-04084 · significant
Proposed ruleMar 2
Private Health Insurance; Transparency in Coverage; Extension of Comment Period
2026-03798 · significant
Proposed ruleFeb 25
Requirement To Provide Paper Statements in Certain Cases-Amendments to Electronic Disclosure Safe Harbors
2026-03723 · significant
Proposed ruleFeb 25
Improving Transparency Into Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fee Disclosure
2026-01907 · significant
Proposed ruleJan 30
Transparency in Coverage
2025-23693 · significant
Proposed ruleDec 23, 2025
Removal of Definition of “Plan Assets”-Insurance Company General Accounts; Withdrawal
2025-15289
Final ruleAug 12, 2025
Selection of Annuity Providers-Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans; Withdrawal
2025-15288
Final ruleAug 12, 2025
Pooled Employer Plans: Big Plans for Small Businesses
2025-14281 · significant
Proposed ruleJul 29, 2025
Removal of Definition of “Plan Assets”-Insurance Company General Accounts
2025-11650
Final ruleJul 1, 2025
Selection of Annuity Providers-Safe Harbor for Individual Account Plans
2025-11615
Final ruleJul 1, 2025
Removal of Interpretive Bulletins Relating to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974
2025-11613
Final ruleJul 1, 2025
Request for Information Regarding the Prescription Drug Machine-Readable File Requirement in the Transparency in Coverage Final Rule
2025-09858 · significant
Proposed ruleJun 2, 2025
Enhancing Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
2025-00774
Proposed ruleJan 15, 2025
Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2002-51 To Permit Certain Transactions Identified in the Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
2025-00328
Final ruleJan 15, 2025
Voluntary Fiduciary Correction Program
2025-00327 · significant
Final ruleJan 15, 2025
Coverage of Certain Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
2024-31239 · significant
Proposed ruleDec 30, 2024
Extension of Certain Timeframes for Employee Benefit Plans, Participants, Beneficiaries, Qualified Beneficiaries, and Claimants Affected by Hurricane Helene, Tropical Storm Helene, or Hurricane Milton
2024-26014
Final ruleNov 8, 2024
Enhancing Coverage of Preventive Services Under the Affordable Care Act
2024-24675
Proposed ruleOct 28, 2024
Requirements Related to the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act
2024-20612
Final ruleSep 23, 2024
Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 for Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified Professional Asset Managers (the QPAM Exemption); Correction
2024-17586
Final ruleAug 13, 2024
Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2006-06 for Services Provided in Connection With the Termination of Abandoned Individual Account Plans
2024-09030
Final ruleMay 17, 2024
Abandoned Plan Regulations
2024-09029 · significant
Final ruleMay 17, 2024
Definition of “Employer”-Association Health Plans
2024-08985 · significant
Final ruleApr 30, 2024
Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128
2024-08068
Final ruleApr 25, 2024
Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24
2024-08067
Final ruleApr 25, 2024
Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02
2024-08066
Final ruleApr 25, 2024
Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary
2024-08065
Final ruleApr 25, 2024
Request for Information-SECURE 2.0 Section 319-Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
2024-07018 · significant
Proposed ruleApr 3, 2024
Short-Term, Limited-Duration Insurance and Independent, Noncoordinated Excepted Benefits Coverage
2024-06551 · significant
Final ruleApr 3, 2024
Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Class Exemption 84-14 for Transactions Determined by Independent Qualified Professional Asset Managers (the QPAM Exemption)
2024-06059
Final ruleApr 3, 2024
Automatic Portability Transaction Regulations
2024-01208 · significant
Proposed ruleJan 29, 2024
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR) Process Administrative Fee and Certified IDR Entity Fee Ranges; Correction
2024-01378 · significant
Final ruleJan 24, 2024
Procedures Governing the Filing and Processing of Prohibited Transaction Exemption Applications
2024-00586 · significant
Final ruleJan 24, 2024
Request for Information-SECURE 2.0 Section 319-Effectiveness of Reporting and Disclosure Requirements
2024-01077 · significant
Proposed ruleJan 23, 2024
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Reopening of Comment Period
2024-01072 · significant
Proposed ruleJan 22, 2024

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