0938-AV94 202510 The Regulatory Plan and the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 0900 Department of Health and Human Services HHS Amendments to Excepted Benefits (CMS-9879)

This proposed rule would amend the limited excepted benefit regulations to permit employers to cover certain fertility benefits as excepted benefits consistent with Executive Order 14216, Expanding Access to In Vitro Fertilization.

]]> Economically Significant First Time Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage Yes No Deregulatory Not Yet Determined Pub. L. 111-148 No NPRM 07/00/2026 Undetermined Undetermined No No No 1210 Employee Benefits Security Administration EBSA Joint 1545 Internal Revenue Service IRS Joint Jeff Wu Deputy Director for Policy 0938 Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services CMS 301 492-4305 jeff.wu@cms.hhs.gov Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, 7500 Security Boulevard, Baltimore MD 21244