This week marked seventy days since the inception of New York on PAUSE (Policies to Assure Uniform Safety for Everyone). As COVID-19 emergency response efforts continue to strategically transition into economic recovery and...more
6/2/2020
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Bailout ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Forbearance Agreements ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Local Taxes ,
Mortgages ,
New Legislation ,
Property Tax ,
Relief Measures ,
SALT ,
School Closures ,
Sexual Abuse ,
State Aid ,
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Statute of Limitations ,
Unemployment Benefits
FEDERAL ACTIONS -
To date, Congress has passed two bills directly responding to coronavirus crisis. A brief description of key provisions in each follows....more
As pundits continue to argue about the nature and extent of the “Blue Wave” that did or did not wash across the country this past Election Day, its impact in New York State was undeniable. ...more
In January 2018, during the Executive budget address, Governor Cuomo directed the Department of Health (DOH) to review the health, criminal justice and economic impacts of regulating recreational marijuana in New York. ...more
7/25/2018
/ Compassionate Use Act ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ,
Federal v State Law Application ,
Marijuana ,
Marijuana Related Businesses ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Pain Management ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government
Our series highlighting recent activity by the NYS Legislature continues with a recap of bills passed in 2018 that relate to behavioral health. This synopsis follows previous summaries we have done concerning pharmacy,...more
7/6/2018
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Disabilities ,
Elder Issues ,
Health Care Providers ,
Home Health Care ,
Hospitals ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Mental Health ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
Substance Abuse ,
Suicide
During a year in which legislative activity was restrained by a variety of factors, most notably the Senate’s inability to maintain a consistent majority, the New York State Legislature nonetheless still passed 641 bills,...more
6/27/2018
/ Biologics ,
Controlled Substances ,
Cosmetics ,
Decriminalization of Marijuana ,
Legislative Agendas ,
Manufacturers ,
Medical Devices ,
Medical Marijuana ,
Pain Management ,
Personal Care Products ,
Pesticides ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Proposed Legislation ,
Reclassification Rules ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Risk Assessment ,
Risk Mitigation ,
State and Local Government
The New York State Department of Health (DOH), in consultation with the Department of Labor (DOL), recently announced a Request for Applications for the Health Workforce Retraining Initiative (HWRI). ...more
This, the last of our posts on the 2018-19 New York State Health Budget (the “Enacted Budget”), focuses on an area of healthcare that has perhaps the broadest impact of the sector as a whole — managed care. ...more
Several provisions in the recently adopted 2018-19 New York State Budget (the “Enacted Budget”) are intended to address the ongoing opioid crisis. As discussed in a prior post, some were focused on pharmaceutical...more
4/9/2018
/ Drug & Alcohol Abuse ,
Drug Treatment ,
Healthcare Facilities ,
Mental Health ,
Opioid ,
Outpatient Services ,
Pain Management ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets ,
State Funding ,
Substance Abuse
Notwithstanding the enactment of a first-in-the-nation drug spending cap last year, in light of the $4.4 billion deficit and ongoing concerns about the opioid crisis it was inevitable that this year New York State would once...more
4/5/2018
/ Drug Distribution ,
Drug Pricing ,
Generic Drugs ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Pharmacies ,
Prescription Drugs ,
Rebates ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets ,
State Medicaid Programs
In the wee hours of the morning on March 30, almost two days ahead of the April 1 deadline, the Legislature passed and the Governor signed a $168.3 billion State Budget for the 2018-19 fiscal year. ...more
4/3/2018
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Healthcare Facilities ,
Hospitals ,
Long-Term Care ,
Managed Care Contracts ,
Medicaid ,
Mental Health ,
New Legislation ,
Opioid ,
Pain Management ,
Pharmacies ,
State and Local Government ,
State Budgets