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2 Mar 2020, 11:04 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
As part of this efforts, employer sponsors, plan fiduciaries, administrators, and vendors of self-insured plans should keep in mind that the fiduciary responsibility rules of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act generally require plan fiduciaries to prudently evaluate compensation and other arrangements with plan vendors as well as to take action to identify and protect the plan against breaches of loyalty by plan vendors or fiduciaries from conflicts of interests or prohibited… [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 7:29 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Today (March 2, 2020) is the last day to submit comments on Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act; HHS Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters for 2021; Notice Requirement for Non-Federal Governmental Plans Proposed Rule” (“Proposed Rule”) published by HHS on February 6. 2020. [read post]
21 Feb 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The risks remain high that voters could be duped by candidates, advocacy groups, and foreign governments – particularly online, where major regulatory gaps exist. [read post]
13 Feb 2020, 2:21 pm
  Protection fo the integrity of the infrastructure, like the protection of the seas against pirates or the roads against bandits becomes critical. [read post]
” The generally in support of the proposed legislation, the FTC cautioned that such reform goals could be misused by self-interested regulatory boards to protect, rather than eliminate, anticompetitive regulation. [read post]
The committee will hear testimony from Christopher Krebs, the director of the cybersecurity and infrastructure security agency; Amanda Crawford, the executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources; and Christopher DeRusha, the chief security officer of Michigan's cybersecurity and infrastructure protection office. [read post]
6 Feb 2020, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called USDA’s approval “a victory for Texas farmers. [read post]
31 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
In a lawsuit seeking to block the ordinance, the NRA said the requirements violated the constitutional First Amendment right to free speech and association and the 14th Amendment right to equal protection. [read post]
28 Jan 2020, 9:58 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Health plans and their health plan records providers and other business associates should review and update their existing policies and practices concerning providing and charging individuals for access to protected health information in response to modifications in the Department of Health & Human Service (“HHS”) Office of Civil Rights (“OCR”) rules implementing the Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (“HIPAA”)… [read post]
25 Jan 2020, 7:18 am by Bill Marler
Department of Agriculture as part of a broader reorganization that would require congressional approval. [read post]
24 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
Now, Democrats are readying a massive $50 million effort of their own to shape the next 10 years of elections by flipping state legislative chambers in places as red as Texas and West Virginia. [read post]
14 Jan 2020, 9:07 am by John Elwood
Brand X Internet Services? [read post]
13 Jan 2020, 6:33 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  The Labor Department released a copy of the Final Rule to the public today today (January 13, 2020) in anticipation of its scheduled official publication in the Federal Register on January 16, 2019. [read post]
10 Jan 2020, 3:00 am by Jim Sedor
The issue has emerged as a sticking point in recent weeks as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and key senators have been negotiating draft legislation to move the Secret Service back to his department, its historic home. [read post]
9 Jan 2020, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Ana Parras, a co-executive director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services, described in an op-ed for The New York Times how the regulatory rollbacks of EPA’s chemical disaster rules put communities at greater risk. [read post]
1 Jan 2020, 10:35 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
The Labor Department followed up on previous warnings that health plan fiduciaries duties include a fiduciary duty to protect health plan data by adding HIPAA compliance to certain health plan audits. [read post]
26 Dec 2019, 9:05 pm by Alana Bevan
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) over a new rule that seeks to strengthen health care providers’ ability to refuse to perform abortions or other procedures under federal conscience laws. [read post]
18 Dec 2019, 10:03 am by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
  We will continue working with law enforcement partners to protect people depending on these taxpayer-funded government health programs. [read post]
16 Dec 2019, 3:13 pm by Cynthia Marcotte Stamer
Before its merger into TX HHSC, DADS was the Texas agency primarily responsible for providing and administering the state’s long-term care services for aging and intellectually and physically disabled people. [read post]