The two proposals from HHS are out now: http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-20252_PI.pdf (interim final rules allowing non-profits to notify HHS to claim the accommodation) http://www.ofr.gov/OFRUpload/OFRData/2014-20254_PI.pdf (proposal to expand the accommodation to closely held for-profits)
----------------------------------------- Thomas C. Berg James L. Oberstar Professor of Law and Public Policy University of St. Thomas School of Law MSL 400, 1000 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55403-2015 Phone: 651 962 4918 Fax: 651 962 4881 E-mail: tcb...@stthomas.edu<mailto:tcb...@stthomas.edu> SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author='261564 Weblog: http://www.mirrorofjustice.blogs.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ________________________________ From: religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu [religionlaw-boun...@lists.ucla.edu] on behalf of Marty Lederman [lederman.ma...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, August 15, 2014 11:05 AM To: Law & Religion issues for Law Academics Subject: Re: "Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules" I blogged about it here: http://balkin.blogspot.com/2014/07/confirmation-that-supreme-courts.html DOJ has now told the 10th Circuit that the new reg will be issued no later than a week from today (Aug. 22). On Fri, Aug 15, 2014 at 11:54 AM, Conkle, Daniel O. <con...@indiana.edu<mailto:con...@indiana.edu>> wrote: This is old news, but I hadn’t seen it and so pass it along in case others missed it as well. Administration to ‘Augment’ ACA Contraceptive Rules July 24 — The Obama administration intends to issue interim final rules within a month regarding the “accommodations” granted to religious nonprofit organizations that object to providing contraceptive coverage under the Affordable Care Act, according to a government brief<http://www.bloomberglaw.com/public/document/Little_Sisters_of_the_Poor_et_al_v_Burwell_et_al_Docket_No_130154> filed July 22 (Little Sisters of the Poor v. Burwell, 10th Cir., No. 13-1540, brief filed 7/22/14). . . . . . “The Wheaton College injunction does not reflect a final Supreme Court determination that RFRA requires the government to apply the accommodations in this manner,” the July 22 DOJ brief said. “Nevertheless, the Departments responsible for implementing the accommodations have informed us that they have determined to augment the regulatory accommodation process in light of the Wheaton College injunction and that they plan to issue interim final rules within a month. . . .” “The administration believes the accommodation is legally sound, but in light of the Supreme Court order regarding Wheaton College, the departments intend to augment their regulations to provide an alternative way for objecting non-profit religious organizations to provide notification, while ensuring that enrollees in plans of such organizations receive separate coverage of contraceptive services without cost sharing,” a senior administration official told reporters in a briefing July 22. The official spoke on condition of anonymity. Bloomberg BNA, U.S. Law Week (subscription required) http://news.bna.com/lwln/LWLNWB/split_display.adp?fedfid=50879221&vname=lw1notallissues&fcn=56&wsn=498320000&fn=50879221&split=0 Daniel O. Conkle ************************************************ Daniel O. Conkle Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law Indiana University Maurer School of Law Bloomington, Indiana 47405 (812) 855-4331<tel:%28812%29%20855-4331> fax (812) 855-0555<tel:%28812%29%20855-0555> e-mail con...@indiana.edu<mailto:con...@indiana.edu> ************************************************ _______________________________________________ To post, send message to Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu<mailto:Religionlaw@lists.ucla.edu> To subscribe, unsubscribe, change options, or get password, see http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/religionlaw Please note that messages sent to this large list cannot be viewed as private. Anyone can subscribe to the list and read messages that are posted; people can read the Web archives; and list members can (rightly or wrongly) forward the messages to others.
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