There is a mandate from HHS that affects every health insurance plan in the country. It will be going into effect for your health plan starting with the next plan year. My previous post provided some initial background on the requirement.
For additional background, printed below is a newsletter from the Gammon and Grange law firm in the Washington, D.C. area. The article can also be found here.
The article is so good that I am posting all of it. I requested and received permission from the Gammon and Grange firm to post the full article. My thanks to them for permission to do so. The article has their contact information at the end.
HHS Mandated Employer Health Insurance Requirements Begin August 1, 2012 -
Do you need to comply?
This week, the Franciscan University of Steubenville became the first university to cease offering health insurance to its students in response to what has become known as the “HHS Mandate.” As many religious employers are aware, on January 20, 2012, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) finalized regulations under the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act (“ACA Regs”). These ACA Regs require almost all employers with more than 50 employees to offer health insurance plans that will fully cover reproductive “preventive health services.” Covered services include sterilization procedures and the contraceptive drugs known as Plan B (the “morning after” pill) and ulipristal or ella (the “week after” pill), which are considered to be abortifacients or abortion-inducing medicines.
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