Lexology April 12, 2023
The Departments of Labor, Treasury and Health and Human Services (collectively, the Departments) recently issued new guidance in the form of FAQs to plan sponsors and administrators of group health plans to assist with them with preparations for the end of the COVID-19 National Emergency and the Public Health Emergency.[1]
On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Senate passed H.J. Res. 7, which terminates the “National Emergencies Act” declaration concerning COVID-19 that President Trump enacted on March 13, 2020. President Biden signed this into law on April 10, 2023, thereby establishing that the official end to the National Emergency is effective April 10, 2023 and that the Public Health Emergency will end on May 11, 2023. As previewed in an earlier...