With the passage of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (“ARPA”), almost all cities and counties in North Carolina received distributions of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (“CSLFRF”) from the U.S. Department of the Treasury (“Treasury”) to assist with pandemic recovery efforts.
It seems like a day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a new development in the status of federal COVID-19 regulations and the three federal vaccine mandates. Read on to find out about the expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) temporary Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), and about how the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about both the OSHA vaccination-or-testing ETS (applicable to employers with 100 or more employees) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vaccination mandate.
It seems like a day doesn’t go by where there isn’t a new development in the status of federal COVID-19 regulations and the three federal vaccine mandates. Read on to find out about the expiration of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA’s) temporary Healthcare Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS), and about how the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments about both the OSHA vaccination-or-testing ETS (applicable to employers with 100 or more employees) and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) vaccination mandate.
Most NC counties and municipalities have received their first of two distributions of Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund monies, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP/CSLFRF). Understandably, many local officials have been focused on identifying eligible projects.
S.B. 473: Frequently Asked Questions
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Session Law 2021-191 (S.B. 473) modifies governing board members’ duty to vote and recusal procedures.
S.B. 473: Frequently Asked Questions
Blog Post
Session Law 2021-191 (S.B. 473) modifies governing board members’ duty to vote and recusal procedures.
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccination-or-testing mandate (the OSHA mandate) was scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2022, but it was blocked by a federal court. But then, on Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal appeals court lifted the block. The OSHA mandate is now (at least for the time being) back on track. For a discussion of the OSHA mandate, see here.
The federal Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA’s) vaccination-or-testing mandate (the OSHA mandate) was scheduled to take effect on January 4, 2022, but it was blocked by a federal court. But then, on Friday, December 17, 2021, a federal appeals court lifted the block. The OSHA mandate is now (at least for the time being) back on track. For a discussion of the OSHA mandate, see here.
The federal government’s COVID-19 Action Plan has three vaccination prongs:
The federal government’s COVID-19 Action Plan has three vaccination prongs: