"The ERISA Industry Committee (ERIC) on March 7 offered a series of recommendations to make sure that plan sponsors may continue to make their employee assistance programs available to all of their employees.
The proposed regulations issued in December 2013 by the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services address concerns raised by ERIC that limited Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs) and similar benefits are considered group health plans and, thus, would have been required to comply with the market reform and minimum essential coverage (MEC) provisions under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would have disadvantaged many employees."
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