Employee Benefits Security Administration November 2023 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Hearing on Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary and Associated Prohibited Transaction Exemption Amendments
Document Number: 2023-25522
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-20
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
The Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) will hold a virtual public hearing on December 12 through December 13, 2023, continuing (if necessary) on December 14, 2023, for the public to provide input on the Department's proposed Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary, proposed amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2020-02, proposed amendments to PTE 84-24, and proposed amendments to several other existing administrative PTEs that are available to investment advice fiduciaries. EBSA welcomes requests from the general public to testify at the hearing.
220th Meeting of the Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans; Notice of Meeting
Document Number: 2023-24657
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-11-08
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
Proposed Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transaction Restrictions: Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan Located in Cleveland, OH
Document Number: 2023-24401
Type: Notice
Date: 2023-11-06
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document provides notice of the pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed individual exemption from certain of the prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA or the Act). This proposed exemption would permit the Fedeli Group, Inc. Employee Benefits Plan (the Benefit Plan) sponsored by Fedeli Group, Inc. (Fedeli Group or the Applicant) to enter into an insurance contract with THP Insurance Company, Inc. (THP), an unrelated insurance company, and THP will, in turn, enter a reinsurance arrangement with Risk Specialists LLC (Risk Specialists), a captive reinsurance company affiliated with Fedeli Group.
Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02
Document Number: 2023-23780
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to class prohibited transaction exemption (PTE) 2020-02, which provides relief for certain compensation received by investment advice fiduciaries. The proposed amendment would affect participants and beneficiaries of Plans, IRA owners, and fiduciaries with respect to such Plans and IRAs.
Retirement Security Rule: Definition of an Investment Advice Fiduciary
Document Number: 2023-23779
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains a proposed amendment to the regulation defining when a person renders ``investment advice for a fee or other compensation, direct or indirect'' with respect to any moneys or other property of an employee benefit plan, for purposes of the definition of a ``fiduciary'' in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (Title I of ERISA or the Act). The proposal also would amend the parallel regulation defining for purposes of Title II of ERISA, a ``fiduciary'' of a plan defined in Internal Revenue Code (Code) section 4975, including an individual retirement account. The Department also is publishing elsewhere in today's Federal Register proposed amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 2020-02 (Improving Investment Advice for Workers & Retirees) and to several other existing administrative exemptions from the prohibited transaction rules applicable to fiduciaries under Title I and Title II of ERISA.
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations
Document Number: 2023-23716
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-03
Agency: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services, Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor, Internal Revenue Service, Department of Treasury, Department of the Treasury, Office of Personnel Management
This document sets forth proposed rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These proposed rules would set forth new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These proposed rules would also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also proposes to amend certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also proposes to define bundled payment arrangements, amend requirements related to batched items and services, and amend the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document proposes to require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.
Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128
Document Number: 2023-23782
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of proposed amendments to Prohibited Transaction Exemptions (PTEs) 75-1, 77-4, 80-83, 83-1, and 86-128, exemptions from certain prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The amendments would affect participants and beneficiaries of plans, IRA owners, and certain fiduciaries of plans and IRAs.
Proposed Amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-24
Document Number: 2023-23781
Type: Proposed Rule
Date: 2023-11-03
Agency: Employee Benefits Security Administration, Department of Labor
This document contains a notice of pendency before the Department of Labor (the Department) of a proposed amendment to Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-24, an exemption from certain prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code). The amendment would affect participants and beneficiaries of plans, Individual Retirement Account (IRA) owners, and certain fiduciaries of plans and IRAs.
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