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Case appears to limit Tarasoff-type duty in New York State. In a recent case, a New York Appellate court dismissed a medical malpractice case against a psychiatrist at a voluntary in-patient facility who had been treating a...

No action yet on EMR incentives for mental health professionals. Congress allocated about 20 billion dollars as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to encourage the use of electronic medical...

New York State has a new autism treatment law and relatedly a new mental health profession.. Signed into law by Governor Cuomo in October and to take effect November 1, 2012, the law (Assembly 8512) requires insurers to cover

Deadline for waivers of corporate practice prohibition extended. Governor Cuomo signed a law that extends to February 1, 2012 the deadline established by the recently enacted Education Law §6503-a by which not-for-profit...

Compliance with Subpoenas Duces Tecum: Many knowledgeable clients are aware that there is a relatively new New York State law, CPLR §3122(a) that requires that subpoenas for records (Subpoenas “duces tecum” in contrast...