Daily Document Update: HR Compliance Library, 46,492, Amicus briefs filed in ACA contraceptive coverage case, response due date extended - FEDERAL NEWS, (Nov. 19, 2019)

摘要

Several amicus briefs have been filed in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Trump, in which the Third Circuitheld that Pennsylvania and New Jersey are likely to succeed in proving the agencies did not follow theAdministrative Procedure Act (APA) and that the contraceptive exemption regulations are not authorized underthe Affordable Care Act (ACA) or required by the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA). In October 2019,the Little Sisters of the Poor filed a petition for certiorari asking the Supreme Court to resolve whether the federalgovernment lawfully exempted religious objectors from the regulatory requirement to provide health plans thatinclude contraceptive coverage.