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On August 31, 2024, the California State Assembly and State Senate passed Assembly Bill 3129 (“AB 3129”). If signed by Governor Newsom, AB 3129 would establish a comprehensive transaction review law that (i) targets private...more
Effective immediately, on August 22, 2024, the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) adopted revisions to the cost and market impact review (CMIR) regulations (Revised Regulations), which govern California’s pre-closing...more
Effective January 1, 2025, if enacted, California Assembly Bill 3129 (Bill) would grant sweeping power to the Attorney General by authorizing the Attorney General to approve, conditionally approve, or disapprove of certain...more
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On April 26, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) published a Final Rule that adds protections under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy Rule...more
On May 6, 2024, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published its final rule revamping the non-discrimination regulations issued under § 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. The revised rules apply to all...more
The FTC unveiled its long-awaited final rule banning most non-compete agreements during a live broadcast of a Commission meeting on April 23, 2024. The proposed rule, which was first announced in January 2023, underwent an...more
In August 2023, we published a blog post about the California Office of Health Care Access and Information’s (“OHCA”) proposed cost and market impact review (“CMIR”) regulations under the California Health Care Quality and...more
States are increasingly exercising regulatory oversight of health care transactions by enacting laws requiring prior notice or approval of certain health care transactions. Currently, 15 states have enacted health care...more
On March 13, 2024, Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb signed Senate Enrolled Act No. 9 (“SEA 9”) which will amend the Indiana Code with respect to notice of health care entity mergers and acquisitions....more
On March 13, 2024, Indiana joined the ranks of states exercising greater oversight and regulation of health care transactions. Senate Enrolled Act No. 9 (S.B. 9), which takes effect on July 1, 2024, requires written notice...more
As our December 2023 Insight noted, California’s SB 184 (enacted in June 2022) and accompanying regulations contain pre-transaction notice requirements by “specified health care entities” for certain “material change...more
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Mayor Bowser recently signed into law D.C.’s Wage Transparency Omnibus Amendment of 2023. The new law expands the existing wage transparency law in two important ways. First, in addition to currently prohibiting employers...more
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California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability recently adopted emergency regulations (“Final Regulations”) implementing the Health Care Market Oversight Program, required under California’s Health Care Quality and...more
European lawmakers have reached an agreement on the world’s first comprehensive law on artificial intelligence (AI). According to the MIT Technology Review, The AI Act was conceived as a landmark bill that would mitigate...more
On November 27, 2023, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) released draft regulations mandating notice, opt-out, and information access requirements for companies using automated decision-making technology (ADMT)...more
On Tuesday, November 28, 2023, California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) published its latest version of the proposed regulations requiring advanced notice of certain health care transactions in California for...more
An increasing number of states are requiring advance notice of health care transactions. These requirements may delay transactions or result in confidential information becoming accessible to the public. Effective August 1,...more
California’s new Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) is set to begin advance regulatory review of certain health care transactions beginning January 1, 2024. As further explained in our previous post, subject to...more
The California Office of Healthcare Affordability (OHCA) released updated regulations this month pertaining to the healthcare transaction notice requirements that will apply to transactions that close on or after April 1,...more
California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (“OHCA”) published updated draft regulations implementing SB 184’s pre-transaction notice requirements. Although subject to further change, the latest draft regulations would...more
California’s Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) has published draft regulations on the healthcare transaction notice requirement that will become effective on April 1, 2024. Entities entering into healthcare...more