The New York State Department of Health (the Department) adopted amendments to its Certificate of Need (CON) regulations at Part 710 of Title 10 of the New York Codes, Rules and Regulations (NYCRR) to update, modernize and...more
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE), which oversees the licensure of health facilities in Colorado, has adopted revised rules related to healthcare facility changes of ownership (CHOWs) and...more
On January 8, 2025, Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey signed into law “An Act Enhancing the Health Care Market Review Process.” Part of this sweeping healthcare oversight law includes changes to the Determination of Need...more
The South Carolina Legislature will move quickly to reform and consolidate health-related agencies in 2025. During the last legislative session, a plan to consolidate six health-related agencies, Mental Health, Disability and...more
On May 3, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed into law an amendment to the New York Public Health Law that will require certain healthcare entities to provide the State Department of Health (DOH) with written notice...more
The Indiana General Assembly was busy this session reinforcing and expanding immunity protections for health care providers for actions (and inactions) arising out of COVID-19 and the public health emergency orders imposed by...more
On December 16, 2020, in Ray et al. v. Breda et al., the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio found that the Ohio Department of Health’s (ODH) policy to deny requests for sex marker changes on birth...more
On March 23, 2020, the Maryland Secretary of Health issued an Order and Directive (the “Directive”) that addresses a number of different health care issues for the prevention and control of COVID-19. One area addressed is the...more
House Bill 286, which became effective March 20, 2019, permits a hospice care program (HCP) with inpatient facilities or units to admit non-hospice palliative care patients (NHPCPs) to the inpatient hospice facility or unit...more