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Three Essential Estate Planning Documents Everyone Needs

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A complete estate plan includes essential documents such as a Health Care Proxy, Living Will, Power of Attorney, and Last Will & Testament, which are vital in protecting your medical, legal, and financial decisions. These...more

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CMS Releases Guidance on Health Coverage Requirements for Children and Youth Enrolled in Medicaid

On September 26, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released comprehensive guidance to states that reinforces and clarifies federal Medicaid requirements regarding Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnostics,...more

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Women Lack Access to Maternity Care. That’s Unacceptable.

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We live in a world where exciting medical research promises to cure cancer, prevent heart attacks, and push back the effects of aging. Sadly, we also live in a world in which “maternity care deserts” are growing across the...more

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New CMS Guidance on the Provision of Medicaid and CHIP Services to Incarcerated Children and Youth

This is an excerpt from a recent Manatt article published on State Health & Value Strategies. Click here to download insight. On July 23, 2024, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Health...more

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Idaho's New Parental Consent Law: FAQs

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Idaho’s new parental consent law took effect July 1, 2024. Under the new law: “[A]n individual shall not furnish a health care service or solicit to furnish a health care service to a minor child without obtaining the...more

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Strategies to Support Children and Youth Mental Health Needs in New York State

This Report was informed by the expertise of the NYU McSilver Institute staff and the participants of their mental health panel to develop policy strategies to support children and youth across the state. NYU was a key...more

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LePage v. Mobile Infirmary Association: Alabama Wrongful Death of a Minor Statute Applies to Cryogenically Preserved Embryos

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Carole M. Bass and Cara Koss co-authored this article. The authors have long raised as an issue the impact personhood legislation could have on assisted reproduction and, by extension, on estate and trust administration...more

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In Alabama, Pre-Embryos are “Extrauterine Children” Under the State’s Wrongful Death Statute

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On February 16, 2024, the Alabama Supreme Court issued an opinion in the consolidated cases LePage et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine et al. and Burdick-Aysenne et al., v. The Center for Reproductive Medicine et...more

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2024 Proposed Bills Affecting Florida Public and Private Employers

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The 2024 Florida Legislative Session is officially in full swing. Below is a list of proposed bills that, if passed, may affect employers moving forward. The Employment team at RumbergerKirk will continue to monitor all...more

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Leveraging Medicaid to Support Children and Youth Living With Complex Behavioral Health Needs

Editor’s Note: In a new report prepared for The Commonwealth Fund, Manatt Health and its co-authors provide an actionable framework and strategies for how state-level policymakers can use Medicaid and the Children’s Health...more

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Massachusetts Extends Protections for Counseling Records of Survivors of Sexual Assault

Massachusetts Extends Protections for Counseling Records of Survivors of Sexual Assault - The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled in In the Matter of a Motion to Compel, SJC-13336 that the Superior Court could...more

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Leveraging Medicaid to Support Children and Youth Living With Complex Behavioral Health Needs - Framework and Strategies

Executive Summary - The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the already-growing mental health and substance use disorder (SUD) (behavioral health) crisis gripping children and youth in the United States. It has spurred federal,...more

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Transgender Youth and Access to Healthcare

Despite recent evidence showing that debates regarding the restriction of transgender persons’ rights have negatively impacted LGBTQ+ youth mental health and that physicians generally oppose legislation that interferes in or...more

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Class Action Lawsuit Filed Against New York State for Failure to Provide Legally Required Mental Health Services to...

Proskauer, in conjunction with attorneys from Children’s Rights, Disability Rights New York, and the National Health Law Program, have filed a class action lawsuit against New York officials in response to the mental health...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Supporting Health Equity and Affordable Health Coverage for Immigrant Populations: CHIP Coverage Option for Pregnant Immigrants...

Access to affordable health coverage and healthcare is critical for pregnant individuals and translates to better outcomes for their children. Immigrants who are subject to Medicaid’s five-year bar or who are undocumented are...more

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Lawmakers order schools to give teens more time for California dreaming

If millions of young folks in the nation’s largest state seem even sunnier than before, that may be because they are getting a wee bit more needed shut eye: California has become the first state in the nation to order public...more

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Marijuana, Medication, and Minors, Oh My! New Medication Laws For Schools

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You would be forgiven if you can’t keep up with the many changes in the Illinois laws governing education at back-to-school time this year. As if Illinois special educators and administrators don’t have enough to do already,...more

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