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On April 15, 2021, Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb signed the Senate Enrolled Act 204 into law (“SEA 204”), creating a new chapter in the Indiana Code, which will provide comprehensive requirements for individuals and health care providers on the issuance and effectiveness of, and exceptions to, health care advance directives. Whether a health care provider…Read More

In State of Wisconsin v. Dawn M. Prado, the Supreme Court of Wisconsin affirmed the earlier 2020 decision of the Wisconsin Court of Appeals (as detailed in a previous Hall Render article), to hold that a provision of Wisconsin’s “implied consent” law (see “Incapacitated driver provision”,  Wis. Stat. § 343.305), which permitted police to obtain…Read More

As discussed in a previous article, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently issued an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) as a part of its National Emphasis Program on COVID-19. The previous blog article provided a concise overview of the ETS and its general requirements. This article provides a more thorough summary of Subpart U,…Read More

As we return to a “new normal” and what is hoped to be the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic, the EEOC recently issued helpful guidance (starting at Section K16, specifically) regarding employer incentives for COVID-19 voluntary vaccinations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (“GINA”). Links to our…Read More

Beginning July 1, 2021, Indiana employers will have to register minor employees with the Indiana Department of Labor to comply with a newly amended Indiana Code 22-2-18.1-26. Under the amendment, employers who hire five or more minor employees per location must register those employees with the Department of Labor. To ensure familiarity with the new…Read More

The United States Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released updated Provider Relief Fund (“PRF”) Reporting Guidelines on June 11 and announced that PRF reporting will begin July 1, 2021. The latest updates follow a relatively quiet two-month period for the PRF but signal that the current administration is ready to move forward with…Read More

On Thursday, June 10, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued an emergency temporary standard (“ETS”) as part of its National Emphasis Program on COVID-19. In a surprise to some, the ETS is limited to certain types of health care workplaces. OSHA also issued separate voluntary guidance for non-health care industries. Which health care settings…Read More

We are just over six months from the effective date of the final rule implementing changes to the regulations impacting Stark “group practices.” CMS delayed the effective date to January 1, 2022, to allow practices time to revise their compensation methodologies and contractual arrangements consistent with the regulations at § 411.352(i). Hall Render attorneys have…Read More