Some of our most popular posts have been our look at the Obama Administration’s push to include home care workers under federal minimum wage and overtime. This issue is ripe for more coverage, and we’ll almost certainly be returning to it. But for now, we invite you to get up to speed on the social […]
During session, the legislature handles umpteen bills. The ones that grab our attention often focus on hot-button issues, like abortion, guns, and Right To Work. It can be tough to keep up with the ins and outs of more complex public policy bills. One of the ongoing issues we’ve been following is the legislature’s reexamining […]
Over the last year, dozens of families have lost state subsidized nursing support to care for their sick children. Some parents say the reductions have made it hard to juggle work and keep their kids healthy. New Hampshire hired a private company, Schaller Anderson to manage these cases. Frustrated parents accuse the company of making decisions […]
In a lot of ways, Friday afternoon is the perfect time for catching-up. It’s too early to clock out, but too late to start a big new project. And at StateImpact, we tend to think it’s also a great time to catch you up on New Hampshire’s business and economy news. Here’s your weekly roundup […]
The House Health and Human Services Committee has sent an amended bill on to the full House which would allow not just cancer specialty hospitals (like Cancer Treatment Centers of America) but all specialty hospitals to bypass the Certificate of Need process. Meanwhile, all other hospitals in the state would still have to go in […]
Happy Friday, StateImpact readers! As usual at this time on a Friday afternoon, we’d like to take a moment to call up our most popular posts, just in case you missed them. So with that in mind, we now present This Week’s Essential StateImpact! A Look Inside An Advanced NH Factory: Our first foray into […]
Recently, the Obama Administration announced plans to change Labor Department rules so that home care workers–personal care aides and home health aides–are guaranteed federal minimum wage and overtime pay. Right now, states are allowed to decide if they want to include this class of worker under their own minimum wage and overtime laws. Many have […]
By far, our most popular post to date is a map we created using federal data on which states offer minimum wage and overtime guarantees to home health workers, and which don’t. Right now, under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), certain classes of workers, ranging from babysitters to home care workers–personal care aides and […]
New Hampshire legislators are proposing a law that would do away with the Certificate of Need process. This is a state requirement for hospitals and other healthcare facilities that want to expand or establish new medical facilities. The aim of CON is to keep redundant healthcare out of the system. Recently, the CON process has […]
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