09.29.21
Our Manatt team, located in the heart of state government in Albany, NY, has created a resource center for the state’s key executive orders and agency guidance.
09.21.21
California’s historic open meeting law, the Ralph M. Brown Act, requires that local governments conduct their business in public meetings and permit in-person public participation.
09.07.21
The Department of Health (DOH) and Public Health and Health Planning Council (PHHPC) issued another emergency regulation this week to respond to the increasing circulation of the COVID-19 Delta variant.
Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul was sworn in as the 57th Governor of New York on August 24, becoming the first female Governor in New York’s long history.
08.30.21
New York State has issued an emergency regulation mandating COVID-19 vaccination of personnel in hospitals, nursing homes, D&TCs, ACFs, LHCSAs, CHHAs and hospices (collectively referred to as “Covered Entities”).
08.20.21
On August 18, 2021, the Los Angeles City Council approved a Motion instructing various City offices to develop a policy by September 3, 2021, that would require all City contractors to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and report their vaccination status “as a condition of ...
08.18.21
On June 11, 2021, California Governor Gavin Newsom acted to lift the nation’s first statewide “stay-at-home” order and much of the other COVID-19 guidance his administration had put in place, including his Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
08.03.21
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature enacted a $196 billion spending plan for FY2021–22, including authorizing a 29% increase in health care spending over FY2020–21.
07.23.21
California Governor Gavin Newsom and the state Legislature enacted a $196 billion spending plan for FY 2021–22, the largest budget in state history.
07.19.21
On July 6, the NYSDOL published the Airborne Infectious Disease Exposure Prevention Standard, a model airborne infectious disease exposure prevention plan and various industry-specific model plans for the prevention of airborne infectious disease, as required by the New York Health and ...