Navigating the Nuances of the COBRA Subsidy Under the American Rescue Plan Act
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Healthcare Headlines Episode 5 - COVID Legislation & Regulations: Financial Support for Providers
Inside DC: What To Expect From the DC Budget Process
COVID-19 Vaccine News - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
Podcast: Employers and the American Rescue Plan - Employment Law This Week® - #WorkforceWednesday
COVID-Related Changes to Paid Sick Leave
Podcast: American Rescue Plan Delivers New Stimulus Funding - Diagnosing Health Care
How the American Rescue Plan Act Affects COBRA
#WorkforceWednesday: The American Rescue Plan, OSHA’s New COVID-19 Directive, and NY Mandates COVID-19 Vaccine PTO - Employment Law This Week®
On Friday, March 29, the U.S. Department of Treasury published new FAQs that address the eligible uses of State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds by Tribal Governments. The American Rescue Plan Act provided $350 billion to...more
MassHousing, Boston, Salem and Worcester have introduced novel programs using American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to create and preserve affordable housing following the U.S. Treasury’s Final Rule on Coronavirus State and...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have finalized rules for the recapture of erroneously claimed Employee Retention Credits (ERC) and other tax credits provided to employers for...more
Democrats Claim Senate Majority. This week, Senator Raphael Warnock won a runoff election to serve a full term as U.S. senator for Georgia. The victory gave Senate Democrats a true majority (51–49) in the upper chamber for at...more
Continuing our series of articles reviewing the lesser publicized aspects of the American Rescue Plan Act guidance (hence, the “B-sides” moniker), here we address the U.S. Treasury’s issued guidance as it relates to spending...more
On August 12, 2022, the U.S. Congress passed the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (the “Act”), which was signed into law by President Biden on August 16, 2022. Alongside sweeping changes to energy, environmental and...more
Summary - The U.S. Department of Treasury recently updated guidance on the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) and Emergency Rental Assistance 2 (ERA2) programs....more
August 3, 2022- U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, and John Boozman (R-AR), Ranking Member, along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and John...more
Last week, the U.S. Department of the Treasury announced the availability of $500 million in funding through the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund (LATCF) for eligible tribal governments. The LATCF, which was...more
Much ballyhoo has accompanied the U.S. Treasury’s publication in January 2022 of its Final Rule in the use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Local governments across the country are scrambling to deploy their stimulus...more
With the U.S. Treasury’s January 2022 release of its Final Rule in the use of American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds, we began publishing this series of articles reviewing the lesser publicized aspects of that guidance (hence,...more
There is an important tribal reporting deadline at the end of this week: Every tribal government that received a share of the $20 billion Fiscal Recovery Fund (FRF) from the 2021 American Rescue Plan Act must file a report by...more
One Health Resources and Services Administration program, “COVID-19 Claims Reimbursement to Health Care Providers and Facilities for Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Administration for the Uninsured,” has been a huge source of...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury released the Final Rule on Jan. 6, 2022, governing the use of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) as established under the American Rescue Plan. To assist…...more
On February 28, 2022, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued revised and updated Compliance and Reporting Guidance for the American Rescue Act of 2021’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. The new Compliance and...more
Continuing our series of articles reviewing the lesser publicized aspects of the new American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) guidance (hence, the “B-sides” moniker), we address the U.S. Treasury’s issued guidance as to using federal...more
On January 6, 2022, the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a final rule on the use of Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) provided to state, local, and tribal governments pursuant to the American...more
On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act (“ARPA”) was signed into law and established the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and Coronavirus Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, which together make up the Coronavirus State...more
Much has been written by various prognosticators regarding the January 6, 2022, release by the U.S. Treasury of its Final Rule as to the use by state and local governments of federal stimulus funding under the American Rescue...more
Final Rule, Considered Victory for Local Governments, Takes Effect in April 2022 - The U.S. Department of Treasury has released the Final Rule governing implementation of the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Coronavirus...more
Presented below is our summary of significant Internal Revenue Service (IRS) guidance and relevant tax matters for the week of December 27, 2021 – December 31, 2021... December 27, 2021: The IRS published a news release...more
On October 6, 2021, the IRS issued Notice 2021-58, providing helpful guidance on COBRA continuation coverage in two key areas: (1) the application of the extended timeframes for electing COBRA continuation coverage and paying...more
The U.S. Department of the Treasury (Treasury) released its Guidance for the Coronavirus Capital Projects Fund (Capital Projects Fund) for States, territories, and tribal governments, as created by Section 9901 of the...more
State Actions on Coronavirus Relief Funds | American Rescue Plan Overview - On March 10, 2021, Congress passed President Biden’s stimulus and COVID-19 relief package, the American Rescue Plan (ARP). The $1.9 trillion...more