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PFAS Drinking Water Standards: State-by-state Regulations - September 2024

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The regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water remains one of the primary focuses for legislatures and agencies at both the state and federal levels....more

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Privacy Briefs: August 2024

On July 19, Change Healthcare Ince. filed a breach report with HHS Office for Civil Rights (OCR) concerning its mammoth ransomware attack and breach. The organization’s breach report to OCR identifies just 500 individuals as...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 19, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: March 5, 2024

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Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector. ...more

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Gold Dome Report - Legislative Day 30 - March 2024

Show us the money! In an early morning meeting on Tuesday, the House Appropriations Committee and its subcommittees unveiled the House version of the FY 2025 Budget. While there are many goodies in the $36.1 billion spending...more

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More States Consider Establishing Vapor Product Directories

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We recently reported that several state legislatures are considering bills to establish vapor product directories this year — namely Florida, Indiana, Missouri, and Virginia. Throughout January and early February, similar...more

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Multiple States Consider Establishing Vapor Product Directories

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This year, several state legislatures will consider bills to establish vapor product directories. Amid heightened scrutiny of illicit vapor products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), these product directory...more

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End-of-Year Health Care Congressional Activities

Congress has concluded a flurry of activity ahead of the August recess, which includes considering dozens of key public health programs that expire on Sept. 30, including Community Health Centers, the Pandemic Preparedness...more

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New N.C. Regulatory Proposal Puts Burden of PFAS Clean-Up Costs on Polluters, Not Ratepayers

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PFAS contamination in drinking water is under increasing regulatory scrutiny, not only from the EPA and other federal agencies, but state regulatory bodies across the country. The latest development comes from North Carolina,...more

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Proposed Legislation to Phase Out PFAS in Massachusetts

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More than a year after the Massachusetts PFAS Interagency Task Force recommended 30 steps to address PFAS contamination, Rep. Kate Hogan and Sen. Julian Cyr proposed an Act to Protect Massachusetts Public Health from PFAS, HD...more

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NEWMOA Releases First-of-its-kind PFAS Regional Draft Model Legislation for Public Comment

The Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA), a non-profit interstate association composed of members from environmental agencies in seven northeastern states, recently published draft model legislation that...more

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PFAS Update: Proposed New Legislation Intended to Exempt Certain Industries from PFAS Liability

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On May 3, 2023, Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) introduced five bills in the U.S. Senate proposing several PFAS liability exemptions to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”)....more

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California Assembly Passes Food Additive Bill

The California Assembly has passed a first-in-the-nation bill banning the use of five food additives, including Red Dye No. 3 and titanium dioxide, in food products manufactured, sold or distributed in the state. The...more

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PFAS Update: Minnesota Poised to Pass Comprehensive PFAS Consumer Products Bill While Maine Considers Proposal to Delay Its...

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If passed, Minnesota’s HF 2310 will prohibit the intentional use of PFAS in 11 categories of consumer products starting in January 2025, and would then prohibit the intentional use of PFAS in all other products sold in the...more

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PFAS Update: State Regulation of PFAS in Food Packaging - April 2023

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In the absence of comprehensive federal regulation of PFAS in food packaging, states are dishing out their own laws. Thus far, eleven states have enacted laws concerning PFAS substances in food containers and packaging...more

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The Prohibition against the Corporate Practice of Medicine: Alive and Well and on the Government’s Radar

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A law in New York Governor Hochul’s proposed budget aimed at regulating “large physician practices being managed by entities that are investor-backed” has been dropped from the State Senate and Assembly proposed budgets...more

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Washington Psilocybin Law Faces Delay

People hoping Washington would closely follow Oregon into the regulated use of psilocybin overseen by licensed practitioners faced a delay when a committee of the Washington legislature converted Senate Bill 5263 from...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 44

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. When the Senate returns next week, it will hold a procedural vote on a bill to codify the right to same-sex...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 42

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess this week. Both the House and Senate will return to Washington next Monday, November 14th....more

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Consumer products regulations on the rise for 1,4-Dioxane

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In a growing trend to regulate the chemicals contained in consumer products, numerous states are enacting laws and regulations to address the presence of 1,4-dioxane in consumer products. 1,4-dioxane is a synthetic industrial...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 32

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess until Labor Day. Once they return, they will have a packed to-do list ahead of the November elections, which may include...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 30

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more

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Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022: Congressional Legislation Introduced to Expand Fenceline/Ambient Air Monitoring

Congressman Rochester (Delaware) and Senator Duckworth (Illinois) have introduced S.4510 which is denominated the Public Health Air Quality Act of 2022 (“S.4510”). The legislation addresses Clean Air Act monitoring...more

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Window on Washington – Vol. 6, Issue 21

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Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is trying to find a bipartisan deal on gun control ahead of the planned vote on the issue after...more

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The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022 Passes the House of Representatives

Earlier this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill carving out an exception to the general rule that the United States government is not liable for injuries to servicemembers. The Camp Lejeune Justice Act of...more

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