Federal
Supreme Court blocks vaccine-or-mask mandate for larger employers (Roll Call, Jan. 13, 2022)
Unspent funds color debate over additional pandemic relief (Roll Call, Jan. 28, 2022)
New ban on surprise medical bills starts today (New York Times via the CDC Public Health Law News, January 2022) [See also: H.R. 133, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021, Division BB)
Vaccine mandate for health workers starts to take effect (The Hill, Jan. 27, 2022)
Government watchdog faults HHS leadership for sustained public health crisis failures (The Hill, Jan. 27, 2022)
White House says 60M households have ordered free COVID-19 tests (The Hill, Jan. 28, 2022)
Retiring Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will leave a mark on science in the courtroom (Science, Jan. 26, 2022)
Illinois
Another friendly reminder to register for an ILA Legislative Meet-up. These can be very informative meetings. They are not recorded so you can not go back later to see what happened – register today @ https://www.ila.org/events/legislative-meet-ups.
And don’t forget ILA’s Ready, Set, Advocate Toolkit. With 3 training modules and 16 advocacy guides, you are sure to find something useful!