Religious Institutions

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 8: Burning The Midnight Oil

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/9/2013

When lawmakers returned on April 2 for the second half of the 2013 Regular Session, the 16th legislative day resulted in one of the longest of the year, with both houses adjourning close to midnight and then putting in long...more

Religious Institutions Update: April 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 4/8/2013

Implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is in full swing. The law requires non-exempt religious organizations with fewer than 50 full-time employees to determine whether they are a large...more

Religious Institutions Update: March 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV, Laura Atherstone | Holland & Knight LLP on 3/21/2013

In this Issue: - Key Cases - Court Upholds Permitting, Licensing and Zoning Regulation of Spiritual Counselors - Non-Liturgical Navy Chaplains Denied Injunctive Relief for Statistical Imbalance in...more

Proposed Regulations Released on Contraceptive Coverage Exemption and Accommodation for Nonprofit Religious Employers

by Ropes & Gray LLP on 2/18/2013

On January 30, the Departments of Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services (the “Departments”) released proposed regulations regarding contraceptive coverage for employees of religious employers. This guidance is the...more

Expanded Exemption for Religious Employers Regarding Women's Contraceptive Services

by Katherine Aizawa, Samuel Hoffman | Foley & Lardner LLP on 2/12/2013

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act requires non-grandfathered group health plans to cover preventive services at no cost. For women this includes all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures,...more

Obama Administration Outlines Religious Accommodations for Contraception Coverage Mandate

by Joshua Booth | Mintz Levin - Health Law on 2/8/2013

Last week, federal regulators released a Proposed Rule outlining accommodations for religious employers that object to the Affordable Care Act’s contraception coverage mandate. The Proposed Rule expands the range of...more

Proposed Rules Issued On Contraceptive Coverage

by Jewelie Grape | Leonard, Street and Deinard - Employee... on 2/8/2013

The Affordable Care Act requires most health plans to cover certain women’s preventive services, including contraception, without charging a co-pay or deductible. On January 30, 2013, the Obama Administration released...more

Religious Institutions Update: February 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV, Laura Atherstone | Holland & Knight LLP on 2/8/2013

Last February, at the request of Senate Finance Committee member Charles Grassley (R-Iowa), the Commission on Accountability and Policy for Religious Organizations was formed to address tax-related policy questions of import...more

Expanded Contraception Coverage Exemption for Religious Organizations Proposed by HHS and IRS

by Jean C. Hemphill | Ballard Spahr LLP on 2/5/2013

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury have released proposed regulations, a fact sheet, and a press release on the Affordable Care Act contraceptives coverage under Women's Preventive Health Services...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 4, 2013

by Mark Alderman | Cozen O'Connor on 2/4/2013

Several agency actions on the Affordable Care Act out of HHS and Treasury last week include proposed regulations detailing exemptions from the shared responsibility tax, such as an exemption for those who would qualify for...more

Health Care Reform Blog: HHS Releases Proposed Rules on Contraceptive Coverage for Religious Organizations

by Susan J. Freed | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/4/2013

Today HHS released proposed rules outlining how religious organizations that object to contraception on religious grounds can comply with the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that non-grandfathered health plans cover...more

Religious Institutions Update: January 2013

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 1/4/2013

In 2000, Congress enacted the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, 42 U.S.C. §2000cc et seq. (RLUIPA), in recognition that "new, small, or unfamiliar churches in particular, are frequently discriminated...more

Key Timing Considerations for Foreign Religious Workers - Part 3

by Yova Borovska | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/3/2013

In our previous blog post we began a discussion of key timing considerations for religious workers. Our next practice tip with regard to timing concerns the filing of immigrant I-360 petitions on behalf of religious workers....more

Key Timing Considerations for Foreign Religious Workers - Part 2

by Yova Borovska | Fowler White Boggs P.A. on 1/2/2013

In our previous blog post we began a discussion of key timing considerations for religious workers. Our next practice tip with regard to timing concerns the ability to use the USCIS Premium Processing Service to expedite...more

Religious Institutions Update: December 2012

by Holland & Knight LLP on 12/6/2012

Although the most significant changes for large employers are still to come, implementation of the Patent Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Public Law 111-148) is in full swing. Already, employers must offer nursing...more

Religious Institutions Update: November 2012

by Holland & Knight LLP on 11/2/2012

Nearly everyone uses social media these days, from Facebook and LinkedIn to YouTube and Twitter. Employers have learned that social media can be a valuable recruiting device, enabling them to identify candidates with the...more

Religious Institutions: October 2012 Update

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 10/5/2012

Most secular and religious corporations have adopted electronic communication policies which state that employees have no privacy interest in their emails and Internet usage. Typically, the policies indicate that the...more

Religious Institutions: September 2012 Update

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 9/7/2012

A corporation is an artificial or fictional person, ordinarily distinct from both its individual members or shareholders and its subsidiaries and affiliates, even when owned by just one person. A key reason many organizations...more

Religious Institutions: August 2012 Update

by Nathan A. Adams IV | Holland & Knight LLP on 8/16/2012

In the 1990s, plaintiffs brought clergy malpractice and professional negligence claims against ministers, churches and denominations. The claims required allegations that a clergy member failed to exercise the standard of...more

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