The 2025 New York State legislative session has concluded. For the 2025-2026 session, all bills not passed this year will remain live, and session is scheduled to begin again in January. We anticipate that the Governor will...more
In a prior blog post, we summarized proposed legislation included in New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's state fiscal year (FY) 2025-2026 budget that would have subjected "material transactions" to additional disclosure and...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled her executive budget proposal for State Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-2026 on Jan. 21, 2025, which includes amendments to the state's Disclosure of Material Transactions law. If the amendments are...more
On October 2, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) issued new cybersecurity regulations (Regulations) for all general hospitals in New York state (“hospitals”), creating a new Section 405.46 in Title 10 (Health)...more
As previously discussed, New York’s State Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 includes legislation that significantly changes the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Program (CDPA Program). The CDPA Program, funded...more
On April 20, 2024, Governor Hochul signed the New York State Budget for fiscal year 2024-2025 into law. The Budget includes legislation that significantly changes the state’s Consumer Directed Personal Assistance...more
New York recently joined a growing number of states enacting legislation that increases oversight of certain healthcare transactions. Article 45-A of the 2024 Executive Budget is titled "Disclosure of Material Transactions"...more
On May 3, 2023, New York joined Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington, and California in enacting legislation that increases oversight over certain health care...more
Following extended New York State budget negotiations, lawmakers have enacted a significantly modified version of Governor Hochul’s proposed health care transaction review bill. The bill, as originally proposed, included a...more
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Executive Budget Proposal for FY 2023-2024 includes a proposal to require Department of Health (DOH) approval of certain mergers, acquisitions, and other significant transactions involving medical...more
The recently released New York State Executive Budget for 2024 includes proposed legislation that would significantly expand the state's regulatory authority over healthcare transactions. The bill introduces Article 45-A...more
The proposed FY 2024 New York State Executive Budget announced by Governor Kathy Hochul on February 1, 2023, includes a new requirement to seek approval from the New York Department of Health (DOH) for acquisitions and...more
On February 1, 2023, New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced the 2024 Executive Budget. As alluded to in the Governor’s State of the State address, and as described in an earlier Proskauer Health Care Law Brief article, the...more
UPDATE: On May 20, 2021, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced a bipartisan agreement with the Legislature to fully negotiate the state budget and federal funding from the CARES Act and the American Rescue Plan Act with the...more
Lawmaking in the COVID Era - The legislature adjourned Friday June 26 at 8:41 p.m. Sort of. After holding what was nearly the longest and certainly the strangest session in history – half of it remotely – the legislature has...more
House passes advance directives legislation - The House passed H.950 on Friday, a bill that allows for the remote witnessing of advance directives during the COVID-19 pandemic. Any advance directives created between Feb....more
The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) has prepared draft amendments to Ohio’s Certificate of Need (CON) rules. A number of these draft rule amendments address changes to the CON laws that were made in Ohio’s general operating...more