Understanding Employee Benefits and key developments in the employee benefits field and items of interest to our clients. MORE

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By: Lisa Rippey and Elena Humphrey

In a landmark decision, a federal district court in Texas struck down nearly all of the 2024 amendments to the HIPAA Privacy Rule, known as the Reproductive Health Privacy Rule (the “Rule”), ruling that the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) exceeded its statutory authority. The ruling, which

On May 15, 2025, the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Treasury (the “Departments”) issued a statement of non-enforcement (the “Statement”) announcing that they will not enforce the 2024 Final Rule under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”).

The MHPAEA requires group health plans to provide mental health and substance