Bill would ban COVID-19 vaccine mandates despite older adults remaining at highest risk for serious outcomes
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Nov 02, 2023
A study underscoring the need to continue to protect older adults from COVID-19 comes as one state appears close to banning COVID-19 vaccine mandates by private employers, including senior living communities.
‘Hung out to dry’: Groups urge extension for vaccine mandate in Maine
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 31, 2021
Five healthcare advocacy groups are asking Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) to extend the deadline for mandatory vaccines for healthcare workers across the state, citing a “severe and worsening essential support...
State takes ‘aggressive’ approach, requiring COVID vaccination of assisted living workers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Aug 17, 2021
With backing from senior living and healthcare associations, Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) announced last week a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for the state’s healthcare workers, including assisted living and...
Federal vaccine mandate challenges mounted by states; court issues temporary stay
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 08, 2021
Before even two days had passed after the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued COVID-19 vaccination requirements Thursday, a federal appeals court temporarily blocked...
With business support lacking, Ohio Legislature pulls vaccine mandate exemption legislation
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 01, 2021
A vote on a bill that would grant numerous exemptions to workers subject to employer vaccine mandates was postponed in the Ohio House of Representatives on Wednesday after the Ohio Chamber of Commerce...
State lawmakers ponder severing ties with OSHA over federal COVID vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Oct 28, 2021
Some Republican leaders in Florida are set on “throwing the baby out with the bathwater” by severing ties with the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration over the forthcoming...
Education, mandates, incentives drive high long-term care staff COVID-19 vaccination rates
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
May 27, 2021
Hawaii’s assisted living and other long-term care facilities are beating the odds — and national averages — by achieving an average 84% staff COVID-19 vaccination rate. Elsewhere, some providers...
Assisted living leaders urge Massachusetts governor to extend vaccine mandate to sector workers
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Aug 16, 2021
Advocates are calling on Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) to extend last week’s announcement requiring nursing home staff and contract employees to receive COVID-19 vaccinations be extended to include...
3 more states join lawsuit challenging CMS COVID-19 vaccine mandate
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Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Nov 29, 2021
Attorneys general in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio joined more than a dozen states last week in challenging the legality of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ mandate of COVID-19 vaccines for...
Lifting of states of emergency effectively ends many pandemic regulations for some senior living providers
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 22, 2022
The lifting of COVID-19 states of emergency in two states — and the rescission of a COVID-19 vaccine mandate in one of the country’s largest cities — effectively ends many pandemic regulations affecting...