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The Health Record - Healthcare Law Insights, V 2, Issue 6, June 2025

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Welcome to our sixth issue of 2025 of The Health Record -- our healthcare law insights e-newsletter. In this edition, we look at the impact of supply chain and tariff issues on the industry, the veto of Florida's...more

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Florida Governor Signs into Law Sweeping Bill that Prohibits Businesses from Discriminating Based on Vaccination Status or from...

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 11, 2023, the same day on which the federal government ended the national health emergency related to COVID-19, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a sweeping bill (SB 252) that prohibits...more

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CMS Vaccine Rule Stands: Providers Caught Between Federal Mandate and Florida Restrictions

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Late last week, the U.S. Supreme Court lifted the stay of the healthcare worker vaccination mandate (CMS Rule) in 24 states where the CMS Rule had been stayed. The CMS Rule, issued by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ...more

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Florida Issues Emergency Rule and FAQs Clarifying Its COVID-19 Vaccination Mandate Law

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On November 18, 2021, Florida Governor DeSantis signed House Bill 1B into law, imposing a series of requirements on employers in the Sunshine State who seek to impose COVID-19 vaccination mandates on their workforce. The...more

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Florida Healthcare Alert: The CMS Rule Requiring COVID-19 Vaccination for Healthcare Workers at Odds With Florida’s Recent...

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Employers throughout the United States have no doubt been following the developments related to the various federal vaccine mandates and state responses to the same. Since President Biden signed the three Executive Orders on...more

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Florida Law Prohibits Vaccination Mandate Without Five Specific Individual Exemptions

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On November 18, 2021 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed legislation banning private employers, regardless of size, from mandating COVID-19 vaccinations unless several exemptions are offered to employees. Effective...more

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New Florida Law Conflicts with Federal COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates, Leaving Some Employers in Tough Spot

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On November 18, 2021, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis executed a new state law that immediately banned COVID-19 vaccine mandates for employees of private and public employers. Florida employers now have to figure out how to...more

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Tennessee and Florida State Law Restrictions on Employer Vaccine Mandates

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Tennessee and Florida enacted state laws earlier this month that impose restrictions on an employer’s ability to impose vaccine mandates or to ensure employees are vaccinated. While Tennessee’s law provides employers who are...more

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Florida Governor Signs Anti-Mandate Legislation

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Last Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed sweeping legislation designed to protect private and public sector employees from losing their jobs due to COVID-19 vaccination mandates, as well as to protect the rights of...more

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Florida Passes Laws Against Federal Covid Mandates for a Showdown with Federal Government

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No stranger to the limelight, Florida has been in the nation’s crosshairs when it comes to the state’s approach to the ever-evolving coronavirus. Beginning in the summer of 2020, Governor Ron DeSantis developed a hard-hitting...more

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CMS Approves Emergency Medicaid Waivers for Florida, Washington to Address COVID-19; Expects Other States to Apply

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On March 13, 2020, President Trump declared the COVID-19 virus a national emergency. Section 1135 of the Social Security Act allows CMS to waive certain regulatory requirements during national emergencies...more

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