Advocates urge governor to veto 3 ‘flawed’ bills penalizing use of overtime for nurses
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 26, 2022
Long-term care advocacy organizations are urging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) to veto three bills related to the use of mandatory nurse overtime in nursing homes and home care agencies.
Providers seek $450 million from PA stimulus funds to cover pandemic costs
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 26, 2021
Senior living associations in Pennsylvania are lobbying legislators for $54 million for assisted living and personal care providers from the American Rescue Plan stimulus funding to the state. The ask...
Washington state considers raising threshold for overtime pay
By
Mallory Hackett
Jun 24, 2019
Washington state legislators are considering a regulation that would make workers who earn less than approximately $49,000 at companies with more than 50 employees eligible for overtime pay.
Oklahoma: Assisted living plagued by conflicting regulations, operators say
Sep 15, 2015
Differing state and local regulatory requirements are threatening the industry’s livelihood, representatives of assisted living providers recently told a legislative panel.
Unions now can represent workers, others in third-party wage claims
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jan 18, 2024
Unions in some cases can represent workers or third parties in wage claim lawsuits under legislation recently signed into law by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D).
Elements of Minnesota’s landmark elder care law take effect today
By
Mallory Hackett
Aug 01, 2019
Five elements from Minnesota’s Elder Care and Vulnerable Adult Protection Act of 2019 will be going into effect Thursday.
Assisted living providers prohibited from denying employee COVID vaccine exemption requests
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Apr 22, 2022
An amendment to an existing state law expands protections for employees subject to employer COVID-19 vaccine mandates, further complicating the pandemic landscape for assisted living providers in Tennessee.
Long-term care in the mix as states respond to Supreme Court’s gun control decision
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Jun 28, 2022
Calling the right to carry a concealed weapon a “recipe for tragedy,” New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) on Friday pledged to expand a state list of locations where firearms cannot be carried to include...
Proposed law would impose federal reporting requirements on assisted living providers
By
Kimberly Bonvissuto
Feb 27, 2024
The recent closure of a large skilled nursing facility in Missouri has led to a bill that proposes minimum staffing levels for assisted living communities and a requirement that assisted living providers...
Ohio nursing homes get $300M for nursing home workforce
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 13, 2021
The Ohio Legislature sent Gov. Mike DeWine (R) a bill Thursday afternoon that sets aside $300 million of more than $4 billion in federal coronavirus relief funding toward the state’s nursing homes.