Many existing office-based surgical centers in Massachusetts will soon be required to obtain a new type of healthcare facility license. Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed House Bill No. 5159 into law on Jan. 8, 2025,...more
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) is required to set minimum standards for certain health care services (HCS), specifically blood and bone marrow transplantation, solid organ transplantation, adult cardiac...more
The New York State Department of Health (DOH) on Aug. 17, 2022, released the long-awaited licensure application for licensed home care services agencies (LHCSAs) seeking approval in one of three categories: initial licensure,...more
On August 1, 2021, an overhaul of the licensing requirements for Minnesota assisted living facilities (codified at Minn. Stat. 144G.08-9999) went into effect. Under the new law, which was also discussed in a previous Dorsey...more
On July 1, 2021, Governor Mike DeWine signed into law a provision in the FY 2022-23 Budget which will require Hospitals to be licensed in Ohio for the first time in the State’s history (the “Ohio Hospital Licensure...more
The budget bill recently signed into law by Ohio Governor DeWine (H.B. 110) included a much-anticipated hospital licensure law new to the state’s hospitals. The newly created law, codified as new Revised Code Chapter 3722,...more
School districts have navigated numerous challenges over the past 16 months as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including compliance with emergency health orders, legislation, and federal, state and local guidance. As the...more
According to the Appellate Division’s published opinion In re the Application for Medicinal Marijuana Alternative Treatment Ctr. for Pangaea Health and Wellness, LLC. et al. ___ N.J. Super. ____ (App. Div. 2020) the...more
On March 23, 2020, the Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Public Health (“DPH”) issued an order for the temporary suspension of the requirements for licensure, certification or registration of certain healthcare...more
The New York Department of Health (DOH) proposed amendments and additions to 10 NYCRR 765 that would amend application processes for Licensed Home Care Services Agencies (LHCSA). These regulatory changes stem from the 2018 NY...more
After enacting legislation in 2015 authorizing the recommendation of medical marijuana to qualifying patients, Louisiana has finally established a regulatory system that could make medical marijuana available late this...more
After the passage of State Question 788 (authorizing the production, sale, and use of medical marijuana), the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) adopted regulations that drew two lawsuits and a letter from the...more
As a result of the recent opinion from the Oklahoma Attorney General (AG) that the rulemaking for medical marijuana was beyond the scope of statutory authority, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) will once again...more
Just hours after Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter advised Tom Bates, interim commissioner of the Oklahoma Board of Health, that the Board had acted outside of its statutory authority in promulgating several medical...more