News & Analysis as of

Healthcare Employer Liability Issues New Legislation

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

New Healthcare Practitioner Non-Compete Provisions Effective September 1, 2025

On June 20, 2025, Texas enacted SB 1318, modifying the criteria for enforceable healthcare practitioner non-competes in the Texas Business and Commerce Code. The modifications (1) limit the scope of enforceable physician...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

Employee Benefits Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: What Employers Need to Know

On July 4, 2025, President Trump signed into law the “One Big Beautiful Bill” Act (OBBB), a sweeping piece of legislation that significantly reshapes the landscape of tax policy and public health coverage. While the bill’s...more

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP

One not-so-big summary of the compensation and benefits law changes in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (Act), signed into law on July 4th, contains a number of provisions that will impact employee compensation and benefits. Employers and service providers should start considering the following...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

“Re-do” bill would fundamentally change New York non-compete law

Two years ago, a bill that would have effectively gutted New York non-compete law made it as far as the Governor’s desk where Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) vetoed it, much to the relief of the New York business community. However,...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

What’s this… a gift for employers? You may have less ACA reporting!

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

On December 17, 2024, the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee presented two bills – the Paperwork Burden Reduction Act (HR 3797) and the Employer Reporting Improvement Act (HR 3801) – to President...more

Perkins Coie

California’s Minimum Wage Increases on January 1, 2025

Perkins Coie on

On January 1, 2025, California’s state minimum wage will increase to $16.50 per hour for all employers. As previously described, California voters rejected Proposition 32, a stair-step-increased minimum wage initiative....more

Troutman Pepper Locke

Pennsylvania Limits Noncompete Agreements for Health Care Practitioners

Troutman Pepper Locke on

On July 17, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill (HB) 1633, the Fair Contracting for Health Care Practitioners Act (the Act) into law. At a high level, the Act: (1) limits the enforceability of noncompetes...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Pennsylvania Passes Law Limiting Use of Noncompetes for Health Care Practitioners

Epstein Becker & Green on

On July 17, 2024, Governor Josh Shapiro approved Pennsylvania’s first statute imposing limitations on the use of noncompetes in the state....more

Littler

Maryland Enacts Law Prohibiting Non-Compete Agreements for Veterinary and Healthcare Professionals

Littler on

On April 25, 2024, Governor Wes Moore signed into law new legislation prohibiting non-compete and conflict-of-interest clauses for certain veterinary and health care professionals in the state of Maryland. The enactment of...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

Looking Ahead: New California Employment Laws for 2024

In the past few months, California Governor Newsom has signed numerous new employment laws affecting California employers of all sizes. Below is a summary of some of the laws going into effect in 2024....more

Robinson & Cole LLP

Health Law Diagnosis - Connecticut Expands Nurse Protections Relating to Hospital Nurse Staffing Plans, Scope of Practice, and...

Robinson & Cole LLP on

On June 27, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-204, “An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2025, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to...more

Littler

New Restrictions on Physician Non-Compete Agreements in Connecticut

Littler on

At the close of the 2023 session, the Connecticut legislature passed Senate Bill 9, “An Act Concerning Health and Wellness for Connecticut Residents.”  Buried in this legislation are amendments to the state’s physician...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Connecticut Legislature Passes Law Limiting Physician, PA and APRN Non-Compete Agreements

On June 5, 2023, the Connecticut Legislature passed Public Act No. 23-97, “An Act Concerning Health and Wellness for Connecticut Residents” (“the Act”). Sections 13 through 15 of the Act make important changes to Connecticut...more

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck

Too Many Bills, Too Little Time: Colorado’s 2023 Legislative Session Comes to a Frenzied and Acrimonious End

Hurried. Chaotic. Contentious.  - Any or all of these terms could be used to describe the first regular session of Colorado’s 74th General Assembly, particularly as it neared its constitutionally mandated end this past...more

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis

Kentucky Governor signs Bill Aimed at Mitigating Healthcare Workforce Shortages: Beginning of a Trend?

On March 22, 2023, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed House Bill 200, referred to as the “Kentucky Healthcare Workforce Development Act” (“the Bill”), into law. The Bill was enacted in response to current healthcare...more

McDermott Will & Schulte

New Jersey Healthcare Transactions Now Face Onerous Employment Requirements

On November 16, 2022, New Jersey Senate Bill No. 315 (S-315) went into effect, providing new employment protections to eligible employees of certain private healthcare entities that undergo a “change in control.” The law...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

New Year, New Rules for Employers Doing Business in New Jersey in 2023

The New Year will usher in several new employment laws in New Jersey. This update summarizes these new legal requirements to help New Jersey employers prepare for 2023....more

Polsinelli

Minimum Wage Increase for Employees of Florida Medicaid Providers

Polsinelli on

On June 2, 2022, Governor DeSantis signed the “Freedom First Budget” for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 for the sole purpose of increasing the minimum wage for employees and independent contractors of Medicaid providers to at least...more

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt PC

Washington Long-Term Care Insurance Tax

On January 27, 2022, Governor Jay Inslee signed two bills that delay implementation of the Washington Cares Act to July 1, 2023, including the 0.58% payroll tax, and provide additional exemptions from the program. The Act...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Two New England States Pass Legislation Restricting Physician Non-Competes

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

We’ve written a lot this summer about the Massachusetts legislature’s latest failed attempt at non-compete reform. Two other states in New England, however, are able to claim accomplishments in that regard. Specifically,...more

Proskauer - California Employment Law

California Enacts a Raft of New Employment Legislation

The latest legislative session has just ended, and, true to form, the California Legislature has added more than a dozen new laws affecting employers doing business in the nation’s largest state.  These statutes are in...more

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits...

The Affordable Care Act’s Reporting Requirements for Carriers and Employers (Part 2 of 24): Yikes! The Costs of Failing to Comply...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) imposes information reporting rules on providers of minimum essential coverage, e.g., insurance carriers and self-funded plans, and on applicable large employers, i.e., those employers that are...more

22 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide