LOS ANGELES - California will become the first state to allow undocumented individuals of all ages to be eligible for health insurance starting in the new year. The new guidelines, which take effect Jan. 1, 2024, provide low-income, undocumented residents eligibility under Medi-Cal coverage (the...
health insurance parity lawsEach year, 10,000 individuals die in alcohol-impaired traffic accidents in the United States, while psychoactive drugs are involved in 20% of all fatal traffic accidents. We investigate whether state parity laws for substance use disorder (SUD) treatment have the ...
For more than 50 years, the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program has been providing health insurance coverage to federal employees, retirees, and their dependents. It is the largest employer-sponsored health insurance program in the country, covering about 8.2 million enrollees each year...
If the data was collected for Colorado health insurance law purposes If the entity collecting the data or the data collected is already covered by certain sectoral laws, including COPPA or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) ...
The issue isn’t the insurance companies. They’re not somehow deciding to charge more for health insurance in North Carolina than they do just across the border in Virginia or South Carolina. The issue is North Carolina’s government mandates on health care, and the problem extends well beyon...
Examples include the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and its amendment, the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), the Colorado Privacy Act, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Currently, the United ...
For applications that target specific functionality—such as taxes or health care—keep in mind that different laws and standards apply and your program may be liable to adhere to those laws. For example, you may need to conform to the USHealth Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA...
To attract and hold employees, small businesses must be able to offer affordable health-care plans. When costs go up, health care goes--and so do employees. And those who remain have either little or no coverage for their families. The first to opt out, of course, are the young, thus...
Washington recently passed a comprehensive health information-related law with broad scope and application. The Washington My Health My Data Law (WMHMYDA) aims to safeguard consumer health data beyond the scope of the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) by regulating the...
3. Health Coverage When it was first passed in 2010, theAffordable Care Actpromised to make health insurance a right for workers at most medium- and large-size businesses. The Employer Shared Responsibility Payment provision requires that companies with 50 or more full-time workers offer them a...