Employee Benefits Security Administration
2026-10-19 · Notice
Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (the Fund or the Applicant) Located in Cranston, Rhode Island
Official abstract: This exemption permits the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Fund (the Fund) to purchase certain improved real property located at 40 Western Industrial Drive, Cranston, Rhode Island (the Property) from Local Union 99 Realty Corporation (Realty Corp), an entity that is 100% owned and controlled by IBEW Local 99 (the Union), a party in interest with respect to the Fund. Absent an exemption, this transaction would violate the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
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2026-10-16 · Notice
Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving GCI Communication Corporation (GCI or the Applicant) Located in Anchorage, Alaska
Official abstract: This proposed exemption would permit the GCI 401(k) Plan's (the Plan's) prior acquisition and holding of rights to purchase shares of GCI Liberty, Inc. Series C GCI Group Common Stock (the Rights). Absent an exemption, these transactions would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-10-06 · Rule
Transparency in Coverage
Official abstract: These final rules set forth requirements that amend the regulations under the Public Health Service Act, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and the Internal Revenue Code regarding price transparency reporting requirements for non- grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering non-grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage. Specifically, these final rules are intended to improve the standardization, accuracy, and accessibility of public pricing disclosures in line with the goals of Executive Order 14221, "Making America Healthy Again by Empowering Patients With Clear, Accurate, and Actionable Healthcare Pricing Information." With respect to the In- network Rate and out-of-network Allowed Amount machine-readable files, these final rules aim to achieve these goals by adding new contextual files and additional data elements like product type, provider network name, and provider network identifier; changing the reporting level for aggregation of data; removing in-network rates for unlikely provider- to-service mappings; increasing the reporting period and lowering the claims threshold for out-of-network historical data; and reducing the reporting cadence. These final rules also aim to improve the findability of all publicly disclosed machine-readable files required under the Transparency in Coverage rules, including the prescription drug file, by requiring a text file containing contact information for the files, and a footer with website URLs. These final rules also require pricing information that is made available through an online consumer tool and on paper (upon request), to also be made available by phone, and establish that the satisfaction of such requirement also satisfies the requirements of section 114 of the No Surprises Act (including for grandfathered group health plans and health insurance issuers offering grandfathered group and individual health insurance coverage that are not otherwise subject to these final rules).
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2026-09-17 · Notice
Exemption Involving the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan Located in Danvers, MA
Official abstract: This exemption allows the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) to acquire and hold certain "contingent value rights" and to receive payments in connection with that acquisition and holding. Absent an exemption, these transactions would violate the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-08-28 · Rule
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations; Correction
Official abstract: This document corrects typographical errors and omissions in the final rule that appeared in the June 4, 2026, Federal Register titled "Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations" (referred to hereafter as the "IDR final rule"). The effective date of the IDR final rule was August 3, 2026.
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2026-08-21 · Notice
Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council Apprentice and Training Fund (the Fund or Applicant) Located in St. Louis, Missouri
Official abstract: This exemption permits the sale by the Fund of real property to the Mid-America Carpenters Regional Council (the Sale). Without this exemption, the Sale would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA).
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2026-08-21 · Notice
Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving Liberty Puerto Rico 401(k) Savings Plan (the Plan or the Applicant) Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Official abstract: This exemption permits the Plan's prior acquisition, holding, and sale of certain stock rights (the Rights) to purchase shares of stock in Liberty Latin America Ltd. (LLA). Absent an exemption, these transactions would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-08-21 · Notice
Exemption Involving Hawai'i Pacific Health and Its Subsidiary: Straub Clinic & Hospital Located in Honolulu, Hawaii
Official abstract: This exemption permits the Hawai[revaps]i Pacific Health Retirement Plan (the Plan) to sell property (the Property) to Straub Clinic & Hospital (Straub) for the greater of $16,247,000 or 110% of the Appraised Value of the Property as of the date of the sale (the Sale). Absent this exemption, the Sale would violate certain prohibited transaction restrictions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-08-03 · Notice
Amendment to Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving AT&T Inc. (Together With AT&T Inc.'s Affiliates, AT&T or the Applicant) Located in Dallas, Texas
Official abstract: Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 2014-06 provided an exemption for AT&T to contribute approximately $9.21 billion of employer securities (the Preferred Interests) and other assets to the AT&T Pension Benefit Plan (the Plan). This notice amends PTE 2014-06 to permit certain modifications (the Modifications) that were made with respect to the terms and provisions governing the Plan's holding and disposition of the Preferred Interests. Absent this amendment to PTE 2014-06 (Exemption Amendment), the Modifications would have resulted in violations of the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-07-23 · Proposed Rule
Electronic Disclosure by Group Health Plans Under ERISA
Official abstract: This proposed rule sets forth a new, additional safe harbor for group health plan administrators to use electronic media (e.g., email or web portal) to furnish documents and information to participants and beneficiaries of plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). This proposal, if finalized, would allow plan administrators who satisfy specified conditions to provide participants and beneficiaries with a notice that certain disclosures will be made available electronically on a website. Individuals who prefer to receive these disclosures on paper will be able to request paper copies and to opt out of electronic delivery entirely. The Department expects that the proposal, if finalized, would improve the effectiveness of the disclosures and significantly reduce the costs and burden to group health plans associated with furnishing many of the recurring disclosures.
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2026-06-04 · Notice
Exemption for Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving the Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (Goldman) Located in New York, New York
Official abstract: This exemption allows current and future Goldman-related asset managers to continue to rely on Prohibited Transaction Exemption 84-14 (PTE 84-14), notwithstanding the GS Malaysia FCPA Conviction, if certain conditions are met.
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2026-06-04 · Rule
Federal Independent Dispute Resolution Operations
Official abstract: This document sets forth these final rules related to certain provisions of the No Surprises Act regarding the Federal independent dispute resolution (IDR) process, which was established as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA). These rules finalize new requirements relating to the disclosure of information that group health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or individual health insurance coverage must include along with the initial payment or notice of denial of payment for certain items and services subject to the surprise billing protections in the No Surprises Act. These final rules also require plans and issuers to communicate information by using claim adjustment reason codes (CARCs) and remittance advice remark codes (RARCs), as specified in guidance, when providing any paper or electronic remittance advice (ERA) to an entity that does not have a contractual relationship with the plan or issuer. This document also finalizes amendments to certain requirements related to the open negotiation period preceding the Federal IDR process, the initiation of the Federal IDR process, the Federal IDR dispute eligibility review process, and the payment and collection of administrative fees and certified IDR entity fees. This document also finalizes the definition of bundled payment arrangements, amends requirements related to batched items and services and amends the rules for extensions of timeframes due to extenuating circumstances. Additionally, this document finalizes provisions that require plans and issuers to register in the Federal IDR portal. In accordance with Federal law, a summary of these rules may be found at https://www.regulations.gov/.
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2026-06-03 · Notice
Proposed Exemption Involving the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local Union No. 99 Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee Fund (the Fund) Located in Cranston, Rhode Island
Official abstract: This proposed exemption would allow the Fund to purchase property from Local Union 99 Realty Corporation. Absent an exemption, the purchase would violate certain provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA). The purchase is expected to save the Fund approximately $45,000 per year.
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2026-06-03 · Notice
Proposed Exemption From Certain Prohibited Transactions Involving Liberty Puerto Rico 401(k) Savings Plan (the Plan or the Applicant) Located in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Official abstract: This proposed exemption would permit the Plan's prior acquisition, holding, and sale of certain stock rights to purchase shares of stock in Liberty Latin America Ltd. Absent an exemption, these transactions would be prohibited by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-06-03 · Notice
Proposed Exemption Involving the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan Located in Danvers, MA
Official abstract: This document provides a notice of proposed exemption that, if granted, would permit the Abiomed Retirement Savings Plan (the Plan) to acquire and hold certain "contingent value rights" (CVRs) and to receive certain payments in connection therewith. Absent an exemption, these transactions would violate the prohibited transaction provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and/or the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (the Code).
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2026-05-13 · Proposed Rule
Excepted Fertility Benefits
Official abstract: 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 and Affordable Care Act, the No Surprises Act, and certain other Federal laws specifically related to group health plans and group and individual health insurance coverage.
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2026-05-04 · Notice
Exemption for Certain UBS AG (UBS) Asset Managers Located in Zurich, Switzerland
Official abstract: This exemption allows current and future UBS-related asset managers to continue to rely on Prohibited Transaction Exemption (PTE) 84-14, from May 5, 2026, to May 5, 2035, if certain conditions are met, notwithstanding four convictions and one non-prosecution agreement involving affiliated entities of UBS.
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