Publications

On April 9, 2019, Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law Senate File 210 which provides for the designation of a lay caregiver following an inpatient stay at an Iowa hospital. The new law (referred to as the 2019 Iowa CARE Act) requires hospitals to implement discharge policies that require an […]

On May 2, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”), Office of the Secretary Health and Human Services (“HHS”) released a Final Rule, “Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in Health Care; Delegations of Authority,” revising 42 CFR Part 88. The Final Rule is effective in July 60 days after the Federal Register […]

On the Friday before a long Memorial Day weekend, the Office for Civil Rights (“OCR”) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services released proposed changes to its regulations implementing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination regulations. The proposed changes are largely consistent with the Trump administration’s […]

In March 2019, the European Parliament voted to adopt new legislation regarding online content, and, in April, the European Union (the “EU”) member nations approved the Parliament’s directive. The Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market (the “Directive”) is intended to harmonize EU law with international law and to […]

Last month, we updated you on the proposed Washington Privacy Act (SB 5376) and the fact that the law, if passed, would mirror the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”). Despite passing the Washington Senate almost unanimously and being supported by the technology industry, the bill hit a roadblock […]