"On October 16, 2025, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued [FAQs Part 72], which clarify how employers may offer fertility benefits as a HIPAA excepted benefit under existing regulations.... The FAQs address the current regulations for three categories of excepted benefits: [1] independent, noncoordinated benefits; [2] excepted benefits HRAs; and [3] employee assistance programs (EAPs)."  MORE >>