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Georgia Governor Brian Kemp signed House Bill 1339 (the “Law”) into law on April 19, 2024. The Law revised existing provisions of the Georgia Certificate of Need statute (the “Statute”). The Law became effective July 1, 2024....more
Across the United States, there is a trend of state legislatures passing laws that restrict, or even outright prohibit, transgender minors from access to gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy,...more
As described in our blog post last year, an increasing number of states across the country are seeking to regulate physician practice management (“PPM”) and private equity transactions in the health care sector. As part of...more
In an apparent attempt to shield physician practices from perceived abuses of close association with physician practice management (PPM) companies, a pending Oregon law could undermine a broad range of structures and...more
Since early 2022, the Idaho legislature has modified the standards for a patient’s capacity to consent to healthcare and 24-hour protective holds. This health law update summarizes the current rules for capacity and consent;...more
In Colorado, legislators have passed a bill expanding the ability for physician assistants (PAs) to practice medicine more independently in physician practices and other health care facilities. Currently, physicians and...more
Florida Senate Bill 768 (SB 768) amends the Florida Patient Self-Referral Act of 1992 (PSRA), which regulates financial arrangements between referring healthcare providers and providers of healthcare services. This amendment,...more
On January 16, 2023, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Regulatory Services Division (RSD) announced it would begin accepting new applications for medical cannabis dispensaries in Texas, under the Lone Star State’s...more
Effective January 1, 2023, the recently enacted California Assembly Bill 1278,requires a physician and surgeon (defined as a physician and surgeon licensed pursuant to the Medical Practice Act or an osteopathic physician and...more
Three millennia ago, the Egyptians began the practice of treating disease by the letting of blood. Bloodletting became an accepted practice worldwide. King Charles II and George Washington both endured bloodlettings. In...more
During a second special session, the West Virginia Legislature approved House Bill 214, revising the prescriptive authority of advanced practice registered nurses (APRNs) and physician assistants (PAs). Previously, APRNs and...more
Scope of practice expansion has been a hot-button issue within medical communities and state legislatures for more than thirty years. The debate is centered on what services advanced practice providers (“APPs”) who hold...more
On November 2, 2021, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) announced that it will be taking actions to advance its strategic commitment to drive innovation to support health equity and high quality, person...more
Our one-day Regional Compliance Conferences provide attendees with a forum to interact with local compliance professionals, share information about your compliance successes and challenges, and create educational...more
By September 30, all hospital workers—including physicians—must be vaccinated. As COVID-19’s Delta variant surges across California, the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) again took action to help curtail the...more
Legislative Day 38 continues as we publish this evening, a consequence of long floor calendars, weighty measures, and a quickly diminishing inventory of days remaining in the 2021 Legislative Session. Voting legislation...more
As part of his 2021 of the State address, Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, introduced his intention to permanently expand telemedicine services that were made available during the COVID-19 public health emergency (the...more
On January 13, 2021, New Hampshire lawmakers, Jess Edwards, Jason Osborne and John Hunt, introduced House Bill 602, which seeks to roll back certain provisions of the July 21, 2020 telehealth bill (“House Bill 1623”) signed...more
Permanency for Out of State Telehealth Services? Arizona Seeks to Make Permanent Changes to Licensure Requirements - On January 11, 2021, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey delivered the “State of the State” address in which he...more
Employers can expect an active 2021 Connecticut General Assembly since the 2020 legislative session was cut short. (The session lasted a little over a month before it was suspended on March 12, 2020, due to the pandemic and...more
On August 17, 2020, Governor Bill Lee signed into law the Tennessee COVID-19 Recovery Act, limiting the types of legal claims arising from COVID-19 that may be asserted and raising pleading standards for those claims that are...more
Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned Friday June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history – half of it remotely – the legislature has...more
Appropriations committee reviews health care workforce bill - The House Appropriations committee reviewed H.607 on Tuesday, a bill aimed at increasing the health care workforce in Vermont. The bill requires the Vermont...more
As you know, the 2020 Regular Session of the West Virginia Legislature commenced on January 8. As of this writing, the House has introduced 903 bills, while the Senate has introduced 467. We will be reporting on and tracking...more
In May of 2018, the Oklahoma Legislature enacted House Bill 2931 as part of an ongoing effort to combat the opioid crisis. HB 2931 is expected to help lessen the opioid crisis by combating forgery of paper prescriptions. ...more