K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part III
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care - Part II
K&L Gates Triage: Emergency Preparedness and Response in Long Term Care
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Following another close national election, President Trump returns to the White House for a second term, and resumes control over the vast Executive Branch bureaucracy, including the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety...more
In the context of the current pandemic, the French government has updated the current measures in force so as to limit the further spread of COVID-19, and so, since 24 January 2022 it has been mandatory to hold a vaccination...more
With 336,893 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days ending on 8 December 2021 (the highest since the week to 16 January 2021) and the concern around the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, the government has...more
With 336,893 new COVID-19 cases reported in the seven days ending on 8 December 2021 (the highest since the week of 16 January 2021) and the concern around the transmissibility of the Omicron variant, it is being widely...more
On Thursday, September 9, 2021, President Joe Biden announced new COVID-19 vaccine mandates requiring all employers with 100+ employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly. In addition, the vaccine...more
On July 29, 2021, Governor Greg Abbott issued Executive Order GA-38, combining several existing COVID-19 executive orders for the stated purpose of promoting statewide uniformity and certainty in the state's COVID-19...more
As we reported last week, the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“MIOSHA”) updated its Emergency Rules to mirror the safety requirements disseminated by the federal Occupational Safety and Health...more
On January 21, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order (“Order”) which directs the Secretary of Labor, through the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), to...more
Effective January 20, 2021, the Ontario government is increasing workplace inspections of retailers and other workplaces as part of a crackdown on compliance to ensure COVID-19 safety protocols are being followed and...more
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that as of Jan. 8, 2021, about 6.7 million people have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, far short of the prediction by the Trump Administration of...more
On November 19, 2020, the California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board voted and approved an emergency COVID-19 regulation governing employers and workplaces. With more than 500 people virtually attending the...more
Governor Ron DeSantis issued Executive Order 20-166 today, which extends the state of emergency in Florida for another 60 days. DeSantis initially issued EO 20-52 on March 9 for the entire state of Florida due to the...more
The Virginia Department of Labor and Industry (DOLI) has issued a proposed regulation that will affect all Virginia employers with respect to COVID-19 workplace health and safety requirements. The “Emergency Temporary...more
Should we be using new technologies and devices (such as thermal infrared cameras) to detect fevers as the country returns to work? Using these new technologies to detect fevers in people from a distance raises several legal...more
With the issuance of Executive Order 20-112: Safe. Smart. Step-by-Step. Plan for Florida’s Recovery and the expiration of the Governor’s Safer at Home Order (Executive Order No. 20-91) on May 4, 2020 pursuant to Executive...more
On March 30, 2020, CMS issued updates to its March 9, 2020, memo from the Quality Safety and Oversight (QSO) Group on controlling and preventing the spread of Coronavirus (COVID-19) in dialysis facilities and other...more
The Georgia Department of Labor (“Department”), in response to COVID-19, issued an emergency rule on March 16, 2020 related to filing partial unemployment claims. The rule will remain in effect for 120 days or until the...more
On Thursday, March 19, Senate Republicans unveiled the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act (S.5348), their opening bid for Phase Three relief negotiations. This memo provides a summary and analysis of...more
As the United States continues to develop its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, thousands of members of the National Guard will be activated to help deal with the threat. Last week, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker...more
As the number of confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues to tick upward in the United States, administrative agencies are taking steps on a national scale to ensure that adequate healthcare items...more
Report on Medicare Compliance 29, no. 10 (March 16, 2020) - Even as it warned hospitals they must comply with the screening and transfer requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) in the...more
Q: The CDC has recommended that we take the temperature of residents and visitors to our long-term care facility. We are fine to do that but what do we do with that information?...more
On March 18, the US Senate passed a bill to address the coronavirus (COVID-19) public health emergency, imposing a mandate on all employers with fewer than 500 employees, and on all federal and state employers, to provide...more
Just a few short weeks ago, the Center for Disease Control’s Director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases warned that the spread of coronavirus in the U.S. was “not a question of if, but when.” As...more
I. BACKGROUND AND GENERAL GUIDANCE - On January 31, 2020, Health and Human Services Secretary Alex M. Azar II declared a public health emergency (PHE) for the United States to aid the nation’s healthcare community in...more