2019 Aon Washington Report Index
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Weekly federal legislative and regulatory updates affecting the U.S. workforce and workplace.
Aon Washington Report - 12/18/2019
- Congress Unveils Budget Proposal; Includes Retirement Incentives and Repeals Three ACA Taxes—Passage Likely by End of Week
- Congress Scheduled to Recess for Holiday Break
- House Passes Drug Pricing Bill; Further Progress Unlikely
- Six-Year Remedial Amendment Cycle for Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plans Begins May 1, 2020; Submission Period for Providers to Submit Applications for Opinion Letters for Pre-Approved Defined Benefit Plans Begins August 1, 2020
- IRS Releases Revenue Procedure on Amendments Treated as Integral to Pension Plan Provisions
- PBGC Publishes Notice Approving Alternative Arbitration Procedures for Multiemployer Plans
- IRS Releases 2021 Mortality Improvement Rates and Static Mortality Tables for Defined Benefit Pension Plans
- DOL Publishes Final Rule Updating Regular Rate Requirements Under FLSA
Aon Washington Report - 12/11/2019
- IRS Releases Notice on Transition Relief Related to Health Coverage Reporting Required by Sections 6055 and 6056; Extends Due Dates to March 2, 2020
- IRS Extends Due Date for Furnishing Forms 1095-C and 1095-B
Aon Washington Report - 11/27/2019
- Short-Term Spending Bill Enacted Into Law; Government Shutdown Averted
- Government Releases Advance Copies of Form 5500 Annual Return/Report for 2019
- Fall 2019 Regulatory Plans Released
- 2019 IRSAC Annual Report Now Available
- EEOC Releases Fiscal Year 2019 Agency Financial Report
Aon Washington Report - 11/20/2019
- CMS Releases Rules on Health Transparency
- PBGC Releases FY 2019 Annual Report; Shows Record Multiemployer Insurance Program Deficit
- IRS Provides Additional Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief for Closed Defined Benefit Plans Through 2020
- IRS Updates Guidance for Deductible Business, Charitable, Medical, and Moving Expenses
- CMS Issues Price Transparency Rules for Health Plans and Hospitals
Aon Washington Report - 11/13/2019
- CMS Releases 2020 Medicare Parts A and B Premiums and Deductibles
- IRS 2020 Official Indexed Figures for Retirement Plans and Other Employee Benefit Plans; 401(k) Contribution Limit Increases to $19,500 for 2020
- PBGC Publishes Notice on Changes to Reportable Events and Large Unpaid Contributions Forms and Instructions
- IRS Provides Tax Inflation Adjustments for 2020
- CMS Releases 2020 Medicare Premiums, Deductibles, and Coinsurance Amounts
- IRS 2020 Official Indexed Figures for Retirement Plans and Other Employee Benefit Plans
- IRS Publishes Additional 2020 Benefit Limitations
Aon Washington Report - 11/06/2019
- First FY 2020 Spending Package Passed by Senate
- PBGC Proposes Changes to Premium Filing Instructions for 2020 Plan Years
- DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Fluctuating Workweek Method of Computing Overtime
- EEOC Publishes Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed EEO–1 Report Amendments
- Fact Sheet on Bonuses and Incentive Payments Under White-Collar Overtime Exemption Rule Issued
Aon Washington Report - 10/30/2019
- PBGC Updates Maximum Monthly Guarantees for Single-Employer Plans
- DOL Releases Proposed Rule on New Electronic Disclosure for Retirement Plans
- Now Available: Retirement Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 10/23/2019
- PBGC Provides Waiver of Information Required to Be Reported Under Section 4010 Employer Reporting
Aon Washington Report - 10/16/2019
- PBGC Posts First Installment of 2017 Data Tables
- Social Security Administration Releases 2020 Indexed Figures; Announces 1.6% Benefit Increase
- COLA
- Wage Base
- FICA/Medicare Tax Rate
- Maximum Monthly Benefit
- Annual Earnings Test Limit
Aon Washington Report - 10/9/2019
- President Trump Signs Executive Order Promoting Private Medicare Coverage
- IRS Publishes Revenue Procedure on Remedial Amendment Periods for Correcting Form Defects in 403(b) Plans
- IRS Proposes Individual Coverage HRA Regulations on ACA Employer Mandate
Aon Washington Report - 10/2/2019
- President Signs Short-Term Spending Bill Into Law; Government Shutdown Avoided
- IRS Publishes Proposed Regulations on Employer Shared Responsibility Provisions and HRAs
- PBGC Releases Two Proposed Rules on Section 4022 Benefits Payment Regulation
- IRS Releases Final Regulations on 401(k) Hardship Distributions
- IRS Publishes Special Per Diem Rates
Aon Washington Report - 9/25/2019
- PBGC Announces New 4062(e) Form Series
- DOL Releases Final Rule on Overtime Pay
- Departments Release FAQs on Mental Health Parity Rules
Aon Washington Report - 9/18/2019
- Supreme Court Schedules Oral Arguments in ACA Insurer Cases for December 10
- EEOC Announces It Will Not Renew Component 2 Pay Data Collection as Part of EEO-1 Report
Aon Washington Report - 9/11/2019
- Congress Reconvenes
- IRS Announces ACA Section 9010 Health Insurance Providers Fee
Aon Washington Report - 9/04/2019
- Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
Aon Washington Report - 8/28/2019
- Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
- IRS Releases Notice on Extension of Temporary Nondiscrimination Relief for Closed Defined Benefit Plans Through 2020
- HHS Delays Rule on ACA Out-of-Pocket Maximum and Brand Name Drug Coupons
Aon Washington Report - 8/21/2019
- Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
- OFCCP Releases Proposed Rule Implementing Legal Requirements Regarding the Equal Opportunity Clause's Religious Exemption
Aon Washington Report - 8/14/2019
- PBGC Issues FY 2018 Projections Report
- DOL Requests Comments on Proposed Revisions to FMLA Forms
Aon Washington Report - 8/07/2019
- President Signs Budget Bill Into Law
- Congress Adjourned for Summer Recess
- EBSA Publishes Final Regulation on Small Employer Retirement Plans
- Now Available: Retirement Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 7/31/2019
- House Passes Budget Bill; Moves to Senate
- House Approves Bill Providing Loans to Multiemployer Defined Benefit Plans
- Congress Adjourns for Summer Recess
- IRS Releases ACA Indexing Adjustments for Affordability and Premium Tax Credit Determinations
- IRS Publishes 2020 Indexed Affordability Threshold
Aon Washington Report - 7/24/2019
- House Passes Bill Raising Minimum Wage to $15 an Hour
- House Approves Bill Repealing ACA Cadillac Tax; Senate Passage Uncertain
- IRS Expands List of Preventive Care Benefits HDHP Can Pay Before Deductible Is Met
Aon Washington Report - 7/17/2019
- PBGC Updates Coverage Determination Form and Instructions
- PBGC Publishes Proposed Rules on Clarifications and Corrections Impacting Premium Reduction Strategies, Reportable Events, Section 4010 Filings, and Standard Termination Filings
- EEOC Provides Materials and FAQs on EEO-1 Pay Data Collection; Launches New Website
- President Trump Signs Executive Order on Improving Health Care Price and Quality Transparency
Aon Washington Report - 6/26/2019
- President Signs Executive Order on Health Care Pricing and Transparency
- Congress Scheduled to Recess Next Week
- DOL Releases Proposed Rule on Apprenticeship Program and Announces Other Updates
- Employees Can Use HRAs to Buy Individual Health Insurance Policies Starting After 2019
Aon Washington Report - 6/19/2019
- Departments Release Final Regulations on HRAs and Other Account-Based Group Health Plans
Aon Washington Report - 6/12/2019
- SEC Issues Final Regulations and Interpretations on Investment Advice
- Regulation Best Interest
- Form CRS Relationship Summary
- Interpretation: Standard of Conduct for Investment Advisers
- Interpretation: Broker-Dealer Exclusion
Aon Washington Report - 6/5/2019
- IRS Announces 2020 HSA Limits
- New HHS Rule Narrows Scope of ACA Nondiscrimination Rules
- IRS Issues 2020 HSA Limits
- A Plan Has to Know Its Limitations: HHS Issues 2020 Benefit and Payment Parameters While IRS Announces 2020 HSA Limits
Aon Washington Report - 5/29/2019
- Congress Adjourns for Memorial Day Holiday
- House Approves Retirement Bill
- HHS Releases Proposed Rule to Revise ACA Section 1557 Rule
Aon Washington Report - 5/22/2019
- House Approves Equality Act; Senate Passage Unlikely
- House Passes Drug Pricing Bill With ACA Provisions
Aon Washington Report - 5/15/2019
- PBGC Releases New Single-Employer Guarantee Study and Updates 2016 Data Tables
- IRS Releases 2019 Maximum Values for Use With Vehicle Cents-Per-Mile and Fleet-Average Valuation Rules
- Now Available: Retirement Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 5/08/2019
- Departments Publish RFI Regarding State Relief and Empowerment Waivers
- IRS Releases Revenue Procedure on Limited Expansion of Determination Letter Program for Individually Designed Plans
Aon Washington Report - 5/1/2019
- EBSA Releases Policy Statement Relating to the U.S. District Court Ruling in State of New York v. United States Department of Labor
- Ruling: Employers Must Provide 2018 Pay Data by September 30, 2019; EEOC Must Also Choose to Collect a Second Year of Pay Data From 2017 or 2019
Aon Washington Report - 4/24/2019
- Congress on Spring Recess
- CMS Releases Final Regulations on 2020 Benefit and Payment Parameters
- IRS Publishes Revenue Procedure Revising Previous EPCRS Guidance
Aon Washington Report - 4/17/2019
- Congress on Two-Week Recess
- OMB Requires Guidance Documents to Undergo Economic Impact Review
Aon Washington Report - 4/10/2019
- CMS Releases Contract Year 2020 Medicare Advantage and Part D Flexibility Final Rule; Includes Telehealth Access
Aon Washington Report - 4/03/2019
- House Passes Paycheck Fairness Act
- Federal Judge Strikes Down Final Regulations on AHPs
- DOL Publishes Proposed Rule on Regular Rate Requirements
- DOL Issues Proposed Rule on Joint Employer Arrangements
- U.S. District Court Strikes Down AHP Regulations
Aon Washington Report - 3/27/2019
- IRS Releases Updated Mortality Improvement Rates and Static Mortality Tables for Defined Benefit Pension Plans for 2020
- President Releases Additional Budget Details; Includes PBGC Changes
- DOL Says Employers May Not Delay, or Permit Waiver of, FMLA Leave
Aon Washington Report - 3/13/2019
- President Trump Releases Fiscal Year 2020 Budget
- Congress Remains in Session; Expected Recess Mid-Month
- HHS Releases RFI on Selling Health Insurance Across State Lines
- IRS Releases Notice on Lump-Sum Payment Option to Retirees Currently Receiving Annuity Payments Under a Defined Benefit Plan
- DOL Announces Proposed Rule Updating Overtime Provisions
- Federal Judge Reinstates EEOC Pay Data Collection Requirement
Aon Washington Report - 3/06/2019
- Congress Remains in Session; Expected Recess Mid-Month
Aon Washington Report - 2/27/2019
- Departments Request Information Regarding Grandfathered Group Health Plans and Grandfathered Group Health Insurance Coverage
Aon Washington Report - 2/21/2019
- President Signs Spending Bill Into Law
- Now Available: Retirement Legal Consulting & Compliance Quarterly Update
Aon Washington Report - 2/13/2019
- Congress Focuses on Passing Spending Bill
Aon Washington Report - 2/06/2019
- President Trump Delivers SOTU
- HHS Releases Proposed Regulations on Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain PBM Service Fees
- CMS Proposes Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment and Policy Updates
- HHS Proposes Banning Rx Rebates Paid in Medicare and Other Government Programs
Aon Washington Report - 1/30/2019
- Government Shutdown Ends as President Signs Temporary Spending Bill Into Law
- SOTU Address Scheduled for February 5
Aon Washington Report - 1/23/2019
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Payment Notice for 2020 Coverage Year
- IRS Releases Revenue Procedure on Determination of W-2 Wages
- 2019 Medicare Part D Disclosure Reminder
- IRS Issues Form 8994 on the Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit
- Aon Publications on Federal Developments in 2018
Aon Washington Report - 1/16/2019
- 2019 Aon Compliance Calendar—Significant Compensation and Benefit Due Dates
Aon Washington Report - 1/9/2019
- 116th Congress Begins Session, SOTU Address January 29
Weekly legislative updates affecting the U.S. workforce and workplace.
Aon Washington Report - 2/06/2019
- President Trump Delivers SOTU
- HHS Releases Proposed Regulations on Removal of Safe Harbor Protection for Rebates Involving Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Creation of New Safe Harbor Protection for Certain Point-of-Sale Reductions in Price on Prescription Pharmaceuticals and Certain PBM Service Fees
- CMS Proposes Medicare Advantage and Part D Payment and Policy Updates
- HHS Proposes Banning Rx Rebates Paid in Medicare and Other Government Programs
Aon Washington Report - 1/30/2019
- Government Shutdown Ends as President Signs Temporary Spending Bill Into Law
- SOTU Address Scheduled for February 5
Aon Washington Report - 1/23/2019
- CMS Issues Proposed Rule on Payment Notice for 2020 Coverage Year
- IRS Releases Revenue Procedure on Determination of W-2 Wages
- 2019 Medicare Part D Disclosure Reminder
- IRS Issues Form 8994 on the Paid Family and Medical Leave Tax Credit
- Aon Publications on Federal Developments in 2018
Aon Washington Report - 1/16/2019
- 2019 Aon Compliance Calendar—Significant Compensation and Benefit Due Dates
Aon Washington Report - 1/9/2019
- 116th Congress Begins Session, SOTU Address January 29