WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Internal Revenue Service has issued a proposed rule called: Excepted Fertility Benefits.
The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on May 13 by Frank J. Bisignano, Chief Executive Officer, Internal Revenue Service.
Summary: This document contains proposed rules that would amend the regulations regarding excepted benefits under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code, and the Public Health Service Act to establish certain fertility benefits as a new category of limited excepted benefits. Excepted benefits are generally exempt from the market requirements that were added to those laws by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, the Patient Protection ...