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86 FR 51577 |
(September 13, 2021) |
Today, more than a quarter of American schoolchildren are Hispanic_and the proportion of Hispanic Americans in our workforce is projected to grow substantially over the next 10 years. The educational success of Hispanic Americans is vital to the future of our entire country; how we as a Nation nurture that success will define our strength and stability, our shared prosperity, and our competitiveness on the world stage for generations to come. For decades, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs) have played a key role in preparing Hispanic American scholars, artists, researchers, scientists,... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 51581 |
(September 13, 2021) |
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. Nearly 14 million students in our Nation's public elementary and secondary school system and nearly 4 million students in post-secondary education are Hispanic. Hispanic students constitute more than 27 percent of all pre-kindergarten through 12th grade students and nearly 20 percent of college students. The Nation's future prosperity and global leadership across industries is therefore tied to the success of Hispanic and Latino... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 52067 |
(September 14, 2021) |
During National Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize that Hispanic heritage is American heritage. We see it in every aspect of our national life: on our television and movie screens, in the music that moves our feet, and in the foods we enjoy. We benefit from the many contributions of Hispanic scientists working in labs across the country to help us fight COVID-19 and the doctors and the nurses on the front lines caring for people's health. Our Nation is represented by Hispanic diplomats who share our values in countries all over the world and strengthened by military members and their... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 57313 |
(October 11, 2021) |
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Policy. The United States has a unique political and legal relationship with federally recognized Tribal Nations, as set forth in the Constitution of the United States, statutes, treaties, Executive Orders, and court decisions. The Federal Government is committed to protecting the rights and ensuring the well-being of Tribal Nations while respecting Tribal sovereignty and inherent rights of self-determination. In recognition of that commitment... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 61402-01 |
(Friday, November 5, 2021) |
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect unvaccinated employees of large employers (100 or more employees) from the risk of contracting COVID-19 by strongly encouraging vaccination. Covered employers must develop, implement, and enforce a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy, with an exception for employers that instead adopt a policy requiring employees to either get vaccinated or elect to undergo regular COVID-19 testing and wear a face covering at work in lieu of vaccination. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 61555-01 |
(Friday, November 5, 2021) |
This interim final rule with comment period revises the requirements that most Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. These changes are necessary to help protect the health and safety of residents, clients, patients, PACE participants, and staff, and reflect lessons learned to date as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency. The revisions to the requirements establish COVID-19 vaccination requirements for staff at the included Medicare- and Medicaid-certified providers and suppliers. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 61874-01 |
(Monday, November 8, 2021) |
This final rule updates the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. This rule also updates the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI). In addition, this rule updates requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP), including a measure suppression policy for the duration of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) as well as suppression of individual ESRD QIP measures for Payment Year (PY) 2022 under the measure suppression... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 62240-01 |
(Tuesday, November 9, 2021) |
This final rule updates the home health and home infusion therapy services payment rates for calendar year (CY) 2022 in accordance with existing statutory and regulatory requirements. This rule also finalizes recalibration of the case-mix weights and updates the functional impairment levels, and comorbidity adjustment subgroups while maintaining the current low utilization payment adjustment (LUPA) thresholds for CY 2022. Additionally, this rule finalizes a policy to utilize the physical therapy LUPA add-on factor to establish the occupational therapy add-on factor for the LUPA add-on payment... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 68052-01 |
(Tuesday, November 30, 2021) |
This interim final rule with comment (IFC) adds new provisions to the Head Start Program Performance Standards to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Head Start programs. This IFC requires effective upon publication, universal masking for all individuals two years of age and older, with some noted exceptions, and all Head Start staff, contractors whose activities involve contact with or providing direct services to children and families, and volunteers working in classrooms or directly with children to be vaccinated for COVID-19 by January 31, 2022. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 7019 |
(1/20/2021) |
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The Federal Government must act swiftly and aggressively to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To that end, this order creates the position of Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response and Counselor to the President and takes other steps to organize the White House and activities of the Federal Government to combat COVID-19 and prepare for future biological and pandemic threats. Sec. 2. Organizing the White House to Combat...; Search Snippet: ...Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID- 19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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86 Fr 7019 |
Executive Order 13987, Organizing and Mobilizing the United States Government To Provide a Unified and Effective Response To Combat COVID-19 and To Provide United States Leadership on Global Health and Security(1/20/2021) (1/20/2021) |
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows: Section 1. Purpose. The Federal Government must act swiftly and aggressively to combat coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). To that end, this order creates the position of Coordinator of the COVID-19 Response and Counselor to the President and takes other steps to organize the White House and activities of the Federal Government to combat COVID-19 and prepare for future biological and pandemic threats. Sec. 2. Organizing the White House to Combat... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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86 Fr 7485 |
(1/26/2021) (Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) (1/26/2021) |
Advancing inclusion and belonging for people of all races, national origins, and ethnicities is critical to guaranteeing the safety and security of the American people. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, inflammatory and xenophobic rhetoric has put Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) persons, families, communities, and businesses at risk. The Federal Government must recognize that it has played a role in furthering these xenophobic sentiments through the actions of political leaders, including references to the COVID-19 pandemic by the geographic location of its... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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87 FR 4338-01 |
(Thursday, January 27, 2022) |
The Secretary of the Treasury (Treasury) is adopting as final the interim final rule published on May 17, 2021, with amendments. This rule implements the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund established under the American Rescue Plan Act. While households residing in QCTs or served by Tribal governments were presumed to be disproportionately impacted, Treasury emphasizes that under the interim final rule recipients could also identify other households, populations, or geographic areas that were disproportionately impacted by the... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Itay Ravid , Jordan M. Hyatt , Steven L. Chanenson |
A DOSE OF DIGNITY: EQUITABLE VACCINATION POLICIES FOR INCARCERATED PEOPLE AND CORRECTIONAL STAFF DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
95 Southern California Law Review Postscript 1 (September, 2021) |
Since its emergence in early 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic has altered the lives of millions of Americans. As it so often is during times of crisis, our most vulnerable communities have disproportionately suffered and were overlooked. Among these myriad communities, incarcerated people became a particularly potent symbol of our failure to handle the... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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A New Study Looks at the Effects of Unrestricted Construction in a Covid-19 Environment |
2021-1 Construction Briefings 1 (Jan-21) (1/21/2021) |
As 2021 arrives, the advent of COVID-19 vaccines is imminent, even as the U.S. and much of the world wrestles with an acute phase of the pandemic. This juncture might be a good time to review the construction industrys record of coping with the virus, and what it could do better. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) established... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Secondary Sources |
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A PROCLAMATION ON ASIAN AMERICAN AND NATIVE HAWAIIAN / PACIFIC ISLANDER HERITAGE MONTH, 2021 |
42 USCA ยง 2991b-3 (2021) (4/30/2021) |
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2021 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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A PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, 2021 |
(September 14, 2021) |
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2021 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
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A PROCLAMATION ON NATIONAL HISPANIC-SERVING INSTITUTIONS WEEK, 2021 |
(September 13, 2021) |
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2021 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
| Caroline M. Gelinne |
A TRIP DOWN LEGISLATIVE MEMORY LANE: HOW THE FMLA CHARTS A PATH FOR POST-COVID-19 PAID LEAVE REFORM |
62 Boston College Law Review 2515 (October, 2021) |
Before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States was the only highly-developed nation in the world not to guarantee paid family and medical leave (PFML) for its citizens. In 2020, during the early days of the pandemic, Congress passed temporary PFML to alleviate the hardship on families forced to choose between health and a paycheck. That... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Shai Stern |
A WORLD OF THEIR OWN: ILLIBERAL RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES STRUGGLE TO COMPLY WITH COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH REGULATIONS |
54 Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law 871 (October, 2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic did not eliminate existing social tensions; rather, it at times intensified them. Thus, it is unsurprising that the tension between the liberal state and illiberal religious communities likewise intensified, as those communities were late to comply with COVID-19 public health regulations issued by state authorities. This... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jareb A. Gleckel , Sheryl L. Wulkan |
ABORTION AND TELEMEDICINE: LOOKING BEYOND COVID-19 AND THE SHADOW DOCKET |
54 U.C. Davis Law Review Online 105 (May, 2021) |
This Article examines the Supreme Court's recent shadow docket opinion in FDA v. American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)--not just its present effects, but its bigger-picture implications for the future of abortion jurisprudence. In FDA v. ACOG, the Court, without full briefing or argument, stayed a Maryland court's injunction... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Katherine Fang, Rachel Perler |
ABORTION IN THE TIME OF COVID-19: TELEMEDICINE RESTRICTIONS AND THE UNDUE BURDEN TEST |
32 Yale Journal of Law & Feminism 134 (2021) |
During the COVID-19 pandemic, even while many traditional restrictions on telemedicine have been relaxed, few states have suspended existing regulatory restrictions on the remote provision of medication abortions (teleabortions). Simultaneously, an overlapping subset of states have cited the public health emergency as a reason to curtail... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Kyle J. Kilkenny |
ACA ON LIFE SUPPORT: THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT, MEDICAID EXPANSION, AND RECKONING WITH SEBELIUS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC |
49 Rutgers Law Record 81 (2021) |
In an effort to address the cost of healthcare and the number of uninsured people in the United States, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly called the Affordable Care Act, ACA, or Obamacare, in 2010. Signed into law by President Barack Obama, the Act required states to expand Medicaid coverage to various... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Eric Mogilnicki, Graves Lee, Covington & Burling LLP |
ACTING DIRECTOR UEJIO DELIVERS REMARKS REGARDING RACIAL HOME OWNERSHIP GAP AND SPECIAL PURPOSE CREDIT PROGRAMS |
2021-SEP Business Law Today 3 (September, 2021) |
On September 1, 2021, CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio spoke before the National Fair Housing Alliance's Virtual Forum on Special Purpose Credit Programs. In his remarks, he discussed the racial home ownership gap, the importance of access to home ownership in eliminating these disparities, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in exacerbating... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Jelani Jefferson Exum |
ADDRESSING RACIAL INEQUITIES IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM THROUGH A RECONSTRUCTION SENTENCING APPROACH |
47 Ohio Northern University Law Review 557 (2021) |
Justice reform is having a moment. Across the nation and in the federal government, legislation has passed to reduce the scale of incarceration and the impact of collateral consequences of a felony conviction. While some of these reforms were the result of fiscal concerns over mass incarceration, others were in response to the criminal justice... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| By Kristofer Ray, PhD |
ADMINISTRATION OF MEDICARE/MEDICAID PROGRAMS-OIG REPORTS: BLACK, HISPANIC, OLDER MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES HOSPITALIZED WITH COVID-19 EXPERIENCED A WIDE RANGE OF SERIOUS, COMPLEX CONDITIONS |
Wolters Kluwer Health Law Daily (September 1, 2021) |
COVID-19 has ravaged Medicare beneficiaries with a wide range of conditions including acute respiratory complications, kidney failure, and sepsis, but it has disproportionately affected dually eligible (people eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid), Black, Hispanic, and older beneficiaries. Analysis by the Office of Inspector General (OIG)... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Robert F. Weber |
AGAINST DISCOURSE: WHY ELIMINATING RACIAL DISPARITIES REQUIRES RADICAL POLITICS, NOT MORE DISCUSSION |
37 Georgia State University Law Review 1177 (Summer, 2021) |
Racial disparity discourse is one of the main modalities through which we discuss and experience race and racism in the United States today--in discussions with colleagues and friends, in scholarly work, on cable news, on social media, and in lecture halls. Despite its ubiquity, racial disparity discourse is under-theorized: what, exactly, is its... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| By WK Editorial Staff |
AGENCY NEWS-GROCER CITED $1.1M FOR FAILING TO PROVIDE OR DELAYING COVID-19 SUPPLEMENTAL SICK PAY |
Wolters Kluwer Employment Law Daily (October 27, 2021) |
The California Labor Commissioner previously cited El Super $447,836 in July for similar violations affecting 95 workers at three stores. The California Labor Commissioner's Office has again cited Bodega Latina dba El Super grocery stores in Southern California with $1,164,500 for failing to provide or delaying supplemental paid sick leave or other... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Leona D. Jochnowitz , Tonya Kendall |
ANALYZING WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS BEYOND THE TRADITIONAL CANONICAL LIST OF ERRORS, FOR ENDURING STRUCTURAL AND SOCIOLOGICAL ATTRIBUTES, (JUVENILES, RACISM, ADVERSARY SYSTEM, POLICING POLICIES) |
37 Touro Law Review 579 (2021) |
Researchers identify possible structural causes for wrongful convictions: racism, justice system culture, adversary system, plea bargaining, media, juvenile and mentally impaired accused, and wars on drugs and crime. They indicate that unless the root causes of conviction error are identified, the routine explanations of error (e.g., eyewitness... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Dan Oswald, CEO, Simplify Compliance |
Another Potential Covid-19 Casualty: Workplace Collaboration |
2 No. 1 Midsouth Employment Law Letter 4 (1/1/2021) |
The year 2020 has been a challenging one for our nation and the world. In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States has faced heightened racial tensions and a deep political divide culminating in a contested presidential election. Emotions have been running high, and fear seems to rule the day. Through it all, our workplaces...; Search Snippet: ...Law Letter January 2021 Workplace Culture ANOTHER POTENTIAL COVID- 19 CASUALTY: WORKPLACE COLLABORATION Dan Oswald, CEO [FNa1] Simplify... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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Appellants' Reply Brief |
(May 10, 2021) |
Pursuant to Eleventh Circuit Rule 26.1, 26.1-2, and 26.1-3, counsel for the plaintiffs-appellants (hereinafter referred to as Plaintiffs unless otherwise specified) certifies that the... |
2021 |
Briefs |
| Publisher's Editorial Staff |
Appendix 38-D. EEOC Guidance: What You Should Know About COVID-19 and the ADA, the Rehabilitation Act, and Other EEO Laws |
Corporate Counsel's Guide to Legal Aspects of Employee Handbooks and Policies 38-D (2021) |
All EEOC materials related to COVID-19 are collected at www.eeoc.gov/coronavirus. The EEOC enforces workplace anti-discrimination laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and the Rehabilitation Act (which include the requirement for reasonable accommodation and non-discrimination based on disability, and rules about employer... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Robert J. Nobile |
Appendix A. Coronavirus Information and FAQs |
Human Resources Guide A (2021) |
This document and the FAQs are intended to provide you with general information about the 2019 Novel Coronavirus disease, also known as COVID-19, including how it is transmitted and how you can prevent infection. It does not constitute legal advice on this topic. This document is not intended to be exhaustive and we encourage you to supplement your... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Evelyn Paris |
Applying the Proportionality Principle to COVID-19 Certificates |
12 European Journal of Risk Regulation 287 (June, 2021) |
With the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic entering its second year, public and private actors alike grow eager to achieve some semblance of normality. In this context, the idea of vaccination passports or immunity certificates as a means of resuming social and economic activity has been gaining momentum all around the world. This article aims to provide a... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Alyson Raphael |
ARBITRATING "JUST CAUSE" FOR EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE AND DISCHARGE IN THE ERA OF COVID-19 |
34 Georgetown Journal of Legal Ethics 1237 (Fall, 2021) |
The recent spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in the United States has led to economic recession, widespread industry shutdowns, and disruption in the lives of millions of American workers. As of December 23, 2020 more than 18 million cases of Covid-19 have been reported in the United States. From mid-March to mid-December of 2020, more... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Lia Epperson |
ARE WE STILL NOT SAVED? RACE, DEMOCRACY, AND EDUCATIONAL INEQUALITY |
100 Oregon Law Review 89 (2021) |
Introduction: Our History, Our Democracy. 89 I. What Do Schools Look Like Today?. 93 II. Racial Violence, Police in Schools, and the Reckoning of 2020. 96 A. The School-to-Prison Pipeline. 96 B. Summer of Racial Unrest and Reckoning. 99 III. Pandemic Education--COVID-19 as an Inequality Amplifier. 100 A. Who Does COVID Harm?. 101 B. COVID's Effects... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Brett Samuels |
Asian American leaders eager to talk voting rights with Biden |
The Hill (August 5, 2021) |
President Biden will meet with leaders from the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community on Thursday, giving a White House audience to a group that ramped up its turnout in 2020 to help lift Biden to victory. |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Scott Wong |
Asian American leaders push for national museum of their own |
The Hill (December 29, 2021) |
The late Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) first introduced legislation to create an African American museum on the National Mall in 1988. It took nearly three decades before the museum was finally completed and opened its doors to the public. |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Efthimios Parasidis , Micah L. Berman , Patricia J. Zettler |
ASSESSING COVID-19 EMERGENCY USE AUTHORIZATIONS |
76 Food & Drug Law Journal 441 (2021) |
Emergency Use Authorizations (EUAs) have been integral to the federal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. During a public health emergency, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act permits the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to issue EUAs to allow the distribution of unapproved medical products, or of... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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AUDIT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S COVERAGE OF COVID-19 TESTING - OCTOBER 2021 |
Health Care Compliance Reporter 5162823 (2021) |
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act provided $64 million in additional resources for COVID-19 response activities through the Indian Health Service (IHS) and requires coverage, without cost-sharing, for COVID-19 testing for American Indians/Alaska Natives, who receive health services. The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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AUDIT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S COVID-19 VACCINE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 VACCINES DISTRIBUTED TO TRIBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - APRIL 2021 |
Healthcare Compl. Rep. 1694872, Health Care Compliance Reporter (2021); (Publication Name: Health Care Compliance Reporter) (4/15/2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the age-adjusted AI/AN population's mortality rate from COVID-19 was 1.8 times higher than that among non-Hispanic whites as of December 2020. The Indian Health... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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AUDIT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S COVID-19 VACCINE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 VACCINES DISTRIBUTED TO TRIBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - MARCH 2021 (ARCHIVED) |
Healthcare Compl. Rep. 1694883, Health Care Compliance Reporter (2021); (Publication Name: Health Care Compliance Reporter) (4/15/2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the age-adjusted AI/AN population's mortality rate from COVID-19 was 1.8 times higher than that among non-Hispanic whites as of December 2020. The Indian Health... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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AUDIT OF INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S COVID-19 VACCINE POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR COVID-19 VACCINES DISTRIBUTED TO TRIBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS - OCTOBER 2021 |
Health Care Compliance Reporter 5162754 (2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) populations nationwide. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that the age-adjusted AI/AN population's mortality rate from COVID-19 was 1.8 times higher than that among non-Hispanic whites as of December 2020. The Indian Health... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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AUDIT OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPLIES FROM INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE'S NATIONAL SUPPLY SERVICE CENTER IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 - OCTOBER 2021 |
Health Care Compliance Reporter 5162759 (2021) |
COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for the U.S. hospital system, including Indian Health Service (IHS), Tribal, and Urban Indian Health Program (UIHP) facilities. American Indians and Alaska Natives (AI/AN) are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 due to the relatively high rates of diabetes, cancer, heart disease, and asthma among these... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Amy Goudge |
Balancing Legality and Legitimacy in Canada's COVID-19 Response |
41 Nat'l J. Const. L. 153, National Journal of Constitutional Law (April, 2021); (Publication Name: National Journal of Constitutional Law) (April, 2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has delivered an impossible balancing act for democracies. As a public health crisis that demands exceptional measures to contain, the pandemic has forced democratic governments to reconcile competing obligations to legality, political legitimacy, and emergency response. In Canada, we have seen provincial governments impose... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Carmel Shachar |
BALANCING PUBLIC HEALTH AND PRIVACY: LESSONS FROM DIGITAL CONTACT TRACING FOR COVID-19 VACCINATION TRACKING EFFORTS |
65 Saint Louis University Law Journal 837 (Summer, 2021) |
The COVID-19 pandemic has brough the tension between individual privacy and public health initiative to the fore, in part because many of the solutions to the challenges of the pandemic proposed are digital. The first year of the pandemic has revealed that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act is both too restrictive of... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
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BIDEN ADMINISTRATION RESUMES WHITE HOUSE COUNCIL ON NATIVE AMERICAN AFFAIRS |
No Citation Available (4/16/2021) (4/15/2021) |
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2021 |
Administrative Decisions & Guidance |
| Marty Johnson |
Biden Evokes Floyd in Racial Equity Signings |
The Hill (1/26/2021) |
President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive orders aimed at furthering racial equity in the U.S., one of his main campaign platforms.; Search Snippet: ...Biden evokes Floyd in racial equity signings January 26, 2021 President Biden on Tuesday signed... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |
| Marty Johnson |
Biden Evokes Floyd in Racial Equity Signings |
The Hill (1/26/2021) (1/26/2021) |
President Biden on Tuesday signed four executive orders aimed at furthering racial equity in the U.S., one of his main campaign platforms. |
2021 |
Law Reviews and Other Secondary Sources |
| Tal Axelrod |
Biden Renews Call for New Covid-19 Legislation after Georgia Elections |
The Hill (1/6/2021) |
President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday renewed calls for new coronavirus relief legislation at the start of his administration following the Georgia Senate runoff races Tuesday.; Search Snippet: ...Biden renews call for new COVID- 19 legislation after Georgia elections January 06, 2021 President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday renewed calls for new coronavirus relief legislation at the start of his administration following the Georgia Senate runoff races Tuesday. The president-elect faces the possibility of having unified... |
2021 |
Law Review Articles and Other Secondary Sources |