| Author | Title | Citation | Summary | Year | Type |
| Primary Sponsor(s): Benson, Daniel R.,Sumter, Shavonda E., Co-Sponsor(s): Scharfenberger, Gerry,Chaparro, Annette,Lopez, Yvonne,Danielsen, Joe,Timberlake, Britnee N.,Verrelli, Anthony S.,Freiman, Roy,Jimenez, Angelica M. |
2022 NJ A.B. 2035 (NS) |
2022 New Jersey Assembly Bill No. 2035, New Jersey Two Hundred Twentieth Legislature - First Annual Session (January 11, 2022) |
Restricts use of certain data collected for purposes of contact tracing related to COVID-19 pandemic. ASSEMBLY, No. 2035 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION Sponsored by: Assemblyman DANIEL R. BENSON District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex) Assemblywoman SHAVONDA E. SUMTER District 35 (Bergen and Passaic) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblyman Scharfenberger, Assemblywomen Chaparro, Lopez, Assemblyman Danielsen, Assemblywoman Timberlake, Assemblymen Verrelli, Freiman and Assemblywoman Jimenez SYNOPSIS Restricts use of certain data collected for... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Primary Sponsor(s): Wimberly, Benjie E., Co-Sponsor(s): |
2022 NJ A.J.R. 44 (NS) |
2022 New Jersey Assembly Joint Resolution No. 44, New Jersey Two Hundred Twentieth Legislature - First Annual Session (January 11, 2022) |
Establishes New Jersey COVID-19 Pandemic Racial Disparity Task Force." AN IN-LINE VERSION OF THIS BILL WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. PLEASE CLICK ON THE PDF ICON TO ACCESS THE FULL TEXT PDF VERSION OF THIS DOCUMENT. ©2021 New Jersey Office of Legislative Services" |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Primary Sponsor(s): McKnight, Angela V.,Reynolds-Jackson, Verlina, Co-Sponsor(s): Jasey, Mila M. |
2022 NJ A.R. 53 (NS) |
2022 New Jersey Assembly Resolution No. 53, New Jersey Two Hundred Twentieth Legislature - First Annual Session (January 11, 2022) |
Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. ASSEMBLY RESOLUTION No. 53 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION Sponsored by: Assemblywoman ANGELA V. MCKNIGHT District 31 (Hudson) Assemblywoman VERLINA REYNOLDS-JACKSON District 15 (Hunterdon and Mercer) Co-Sponsored by: Assemblywoman Jasey SYNOPSIS Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. An Assembly Resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in the State of New Jersey. Whereas,... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Primary Sponsor(s): Rice, Ronald L., Co-Sponsor(s): Stack, Brian P. |
2022 NJ S.R. 11 (NS) |
2022 New Jersey Senate Resolution No. 11, New Jersey Two Hundred Twentieth Legislature - First Annual Session (January 11, 2022) |
Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. SENATE RESOLUTION No. 11 STATE OF NEW JERSEY 220th LEGISLATURE PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2022 SESSION Sponsored by: Senator RONALD L. RICE District 28 (Essex) Co-Sponsored by: Senator Stack SYNOPSIS Declares racism a public health crisis in New Jersey. CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel. A Senate Resolution declaring racism a public health crisis in the State of New Jersey. Whereas, The United States has historically and systemically disadvantaged racial, ethnic, and religious... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Timothy V. Anderson |
2022 VA H.B. 27 (NS) |
2022 Virginia House Bill No. 27, Virginia 2022 Regular Session (January 12, 2022) |
COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status with regard to education or public employment and in numerous other contexts. HOUSE BILL NO. 27 Offered January 12, 2022... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Timothy V. Anderson |
2022 VA H.B. 27 (NS) |
2022 Virginia House Bill No. 27, Virginia 2022 Regular Session (December 29, 2021) |
COVID-19 vaccination status; mandatory COVID-19 vaccination prohibited; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status with regard to education or public employment and in numerous other contexts. HOUSE BILL NO. 27 Offered January 12, 2022... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Marie E. March |
2022 VA H.B. 512 (NS) |
2022 Virginia House Bill No. 512, Virginia 2022 Regular Session (January 12, 2022) |
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status (i) with regard to education, employment, insurance, or issuance of a driver's license or other state identification or (ii) in numerous... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
| Amanda F. Chase |
2022 VA S.B. 601 (NS) |
2022 Virginia Senate Bill No. 601, Virginia 2022 Regular Session (January 12, 2022) |
COVID-19 immunization; prohibition on requirement; discrimination prohibited. Prohibits the State Health Commissioner and the Board of Health, the Board of Behavioral Health and Developmental Services, the Department of Health Professions and any regulatory board therein, and the Department of Social Services from requiring any person, including any child, to undergo vaccination for COVID-19 and prohibits discrimination based on a person's COVID-19 vaccination status (i) with regard to education, employment, or issuance of a driver's license or other state identification or (ii) in... |
2021 |
Legislation (Proposed & Enacted) |
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246-101-017. Novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) reporting. |
WAC 246-101-017 (2021) |
Washington Administrative Code|**|Title 246. Health, Department of|**| Communicable Diseases|**| Chapter 246-101. Notifiable Conditions|**| Part I. General Provisions |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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333-018-0011. Race, Ethnicity, Language and Disability COVID-19 Data Reporting |
OAR 333-018-0011 (2021) |
Oregon Administrative Rules Compilation|**|Chapter 333. Oregon Health Authority, Public Health Division|**| Division 18. Disease Reporting |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 18459-01 |
No Citation Available (Friday, April 9, 2021) (Friday, April 9, 2021) |
In this document, the Federal Communications Commission (Commission) establishes rules and processes to further distribute funding through the COVID-19 Telehealth Program to health care providers, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, to build on Round 1 of the Program, and implement Congress's direction under the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (CAA) for additional relief. The CAA funding is distributed through the Program to the health care providers who need it most, as determined by objective metrics. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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86 FR 18840-01 |
(Friday, April 9, 2021) |
The Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection (Bureau) seeks comment on proposed amendments to Regulation X to assist borrowers affected by the COVID-19 emergency. The Bureau is taking this action to help ensure that borrowers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have an opportunity to be evaluated for loss mitigation before the initiation of foreclosure. The proposed amendments would establish a temporary COVID-19 emergency pre-foreclosure review period until December 31, 2021, for principal residences. In addition, the proposed amendments would temporarily permit mortgage servicers to offer... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Adopted) |
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86 FR 25070-01 |
(Monday, May 10, 2021) |
We are proposing to revise the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capital-related costs of acute care hospitals to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems for FY 2022 and to implement certain recent legislation. In addition, we are proposing to rebase and revise the hospital market baskets for acute care hospitals, update the labor-related share, and provide the market basket update that would apply to the rate-of-increase limits for certain hospitals excluded from the IPPS that are paid on a reasonable cost... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 26306-01 |
(Thursday, May 13, 2021) |
This interim final rule with comment period (IFC) revises the infection control requirements that long-term care (LTC) facilities (Medicaid nursing facilities and Medicare skilled nursing facilities, also collectively known as nursing homes) and intermediate care facilities for individuals with intellectual disabilities (ICFs-IID) must meet to participate in the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This IFC aims to reduce the spread of SARS-CoV-2 infections, the virus that causes COVID-19, by requiring education about COVID-19 vaccines for LTC facility residents, ICF-IID clients, and staff... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 26608-01 |
(Friday, May 14, 2021) |
The Secretary amends the Department of Education regulations so that an institution of higher education (IHE) may appropriately determine which individuals currently or previously enrolled at an institution are eligible to receive emergency financial aid grants to students under the Higher Education Emergency Relief programs, as originally enacted under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (March 27, 2020). |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 26786-01 |
(Monday, May 17, 2021) |
The Secretary of the Treasury (Treasury) is issuing this interim final rule to implement the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and the Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund established under the American Rescue Plan Act. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 29675 |
(May 28, 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. Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AA and NHPI) individuals and communities are irrefutable sources of our Nation's strength. These communities have molded the American experience, and the achievements of AA and NHPI communities make the United States stronger and more vibrant. The richness of America's multicultural democracy is strengthened by the diversity of AA and NHPI communities and the many cultures and... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 32376-01 |
(Monday, June 21, 2021) |
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is issuing an emergency temporary standard (ETS) to protect healthcare and healthcare support service workers from occupational exposure to COVID-19 in settings where people with COVID-19 are reasonably expected to be present. During the period of the emergency standard, covered healthcare employers must develop and implement a COVID-19 plan to identify and control COVID-19 hazards in the workplace. Covered employers must also implement other requirements to reduce transmission of COVID-19 in their workplaces, related to the following:... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 35874-01 |
(Wednesday, July 7, 2021) |
This proposed rule would set forth routine updates to 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 provides monitoring and analysis of the Patient-Driven Groupings Model (PDGM); solicits comments on a methodology for determining the difference between assumed versus actual behavior change on estimated aggregate expenditures for home health payments as result of the change in the unit of payment to 30 days and the implementation of the PDGM case-mix adjustment... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 36322-01 |
(Friday, July 9, 2021) |
This proposed rule would update the End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) Prospective Payment System (PPS) for calendar year (CY) 2022. This rulemaking also proposes to update the payment rate for renal dialysis services furnished by an ESRD facility to individuals with acute kidney injury (AKI). In addition, this rulemaking proposes to update requirements for the ESRD Quality Incentive Program (QIP), including a proposed measure suppression policy for the duration of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) public health emergency (PHE) and as well as proposals to suppress individual ESRD QIP... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 36648-01 |
(Tuesday, July 13, 2021) |
The U.S. Department of Education (Department) establishes requirements for the American Rescue Plan Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools (ARP EANS) program under the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act). This document is intended to clarify the requirements applicable to the ARP EANS program, including the requirement to provide services or assistance to non-public schools that enroll a significant percentage of students from low-income families and are most impacted by the novel Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) emergency. |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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86 FR 42424-01 |
(Wednesday, August 4, 2021) |
This final rule updates the payment rates used under the prospective payment system (PPS) for skilled nursing facilities (SNFs) for fiscal year (FY) 2022. In addition, the final rule includes a forecast error adjustment for FY 2022, updates the diagnosis code mappings used under the Patient Driven Payment Model (PDPM), rebases and revises the SNF market basket, implements a recently-enacted SNF consolidated billing exclusion along with the required proportional reduction in the SNF PPS base rates, and includes a discussion of a PDPM parity adjustment. In addition, the final rule includes... |
2021 |
Regulations (Proposed & Enacted) |
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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 § 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 |