By: Lee Geiger & Laura Caty
As a result of the 2020 election, four more states—Arizona, New Jersey, Montana, and South Dakota— are legalizing the recreational use of marijuana. Fifteen states and the District of Columbia now permit people to grow and consume marijuana to varying amounts. Thirty-six states and the District of Columbia have ...
Last week, the EEOC released proposed updated guidance that refreshes the agency’s view of how anti-discrimination laws guard against religious bias and clarifies legal protections afforded to religious employers.
The proposed guidance refreshes the EEOC’s religious discrimination guidance manual, last updated in 2008, to align with ...
written by Marianna Michael
On November 20, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky issued two new Administrative Orders regarding hearings. Orders 2020-71 and 2020-72 replace Administrative Orders 2020-63 and 2020-64 which were published in early November as guidance to courts in “red zone” counties. With nearly each of Kentucky’s ...
By Kathie McDonald-McClure
On Wednesday, November 18, 2020, Governor Beshear announced new restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 during a third wave of the disease with the potential for exponential growth due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the cooler weather that leads to spending more time indoors. As the ...
On November 18, 2020, Governor Beshear announced new restrictions aimed at controlling the spread of COVID-19 during a third wave of the disease with the potential for exponential growth due to the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and the cooler weather that leads to spending more time indoors. Two new Executive Orders here (businesses/social ...
On November 10, 2020, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear and Kentucky Public Health issued Guidance for Celebrating Thanksgiving designed to help curb the spread of COVID-19. The Guidance recognizes that traditionally many families travel long distances to celebrate Thanksgiving together, but recommends families stay home this year, as ...
On November 12, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) clarified in its MLN Connects (the official CMS weekly news from its Medicare Learning Network®) that Non-Practitioners, including registered dietitians and nutrition professionals, can use the COVID-19 CPT Codes 98966-98968 to bill for audio-only telephone ...
On November 2, 2020, the Kentucky Department for Public Health (KDPH) issued a letter instructing healthcare providers interested in administering COVID-19 vaccines to enroll as a COVID-19 vaccine provider here. The KDPH is anticipating a late 2020 to early 2021 release of new vaccines in limited quantities, which will be distributed according ...
On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky, overruling a lower court, unanimously upheld Governor Andy Beshear’s authority to issue executive orders in an emergency. Attorney General Daniel Cameron had joined three Northern Kentucky business owners in contesting executive orders issued by Governor Beshear in response to the ...
Written by: Marianna Michael
On November 12, 2020, the Supreme Court of Kentucky, overruling a lower court, unanimously upheld Governor Andy Beshear’s authority to issue executive orders in an emergency. Attorney General Daniel Cameron had joined three Northern Kentucky business owners in contesting executive orders issued by Governor ...
On November 12, 2020, the Kentucky Supreme Court issued a unanimous ruling that the executive orders issued by Governor Andy Beshear under the COVID-19 state of emergency are lawful under Kentucky’s constitution. Justice Lisabeth T. Hughes said that the orders “were, and continue to be, necessary to slow the spread of COVID-19 and protect ...
On November 10, 2020, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicare beneficiaries can receive coverage of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 with no cost-sharing during the public health emergency. This treatment can be received in doctors’ offices, nursing homes, infusion centers, and hospitals, as long ...
Although they are still counting votes in some states and legal challenges loom, it appears that Joe Biden will be the next President of the United States. Regardless of your politics, all Americans are asking the same question: “What does this mean for me?”. If you work in Human Resources, it is fair to expect that there will be changes, but how ...
On November 4, 2020, Governor Andy Beshear renewed the Executive Order allowing Kentucky pharmacists to dispense emergency refills up to a 30-day supply of any non-scheduled medication for Kentucky residents. The Order also allows pharmacists to temporarily operate a pharmacy in an area not designated on a pharmacy permit. This order became ...
On October 28, 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) updated the Provider Relief Fund FAQs on Use of Funds to provide that healthcare providers can use payments received from the Provider Relief Fund to pay for equipment, personnel and transportation costs to be used to support distribution of a COVID-19 vaccine licensed or ...
By: Dan Burke & Laura Caty
This week, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new opinion letter addressing whether the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) requires employers to pay employees who attend ongoing continuing education (CEU’s) during normal work hours. The opinion letter hones in on the voluntary aspect of certain CEU’s, as opposed ...