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[51 Pa.B. 7805]
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Some disability areas for possible commentary include:
You can also see more from the Federal Department of Education Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) on what they are looking for from states.
The fate of the Build Back Better Act, which contains historic funding for Medicaid Home and Community Based Services (HCBS), became increasingly precarious after a series of events unfolded last week. Despite Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer’s aspirational plan to move the bill to the floor by Christmas, President Biden conceded that negotiations over the bill would continue into 2022 following stalled talks between the White House and Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV).
Please read the full correspondence here.
Message from Gibbel Kraybill & Hess LLP:
On Friday evening, the Sixth Circuit lifted the stay on OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). The ETS states that any employer with more than 100 employees must require its employees to either show proof of a COVID vaccination or submit to weekly testing and mask at all times when indoors. In the absence of a Supreme Court ruling to the contrary, the ETS will go into effect, and employers will be required to adhere to its standards. Read the article here.
GKH attorneys are closely monitoring the COVID-19 crisis and will continue to post updates and resources for individuals and businesses.