Category: Bruce Hillowe Archive
February 12, 2026
Supervision and Consultation: The Legal Differences: The training of psychotherapists includes clinical mentoring that is usually characterized as “supervision.” When a therapist who is independently licensed is...
HEALTH LAW SUPPLEMENT Winter 2010
February 12, 2026
New York State’s new Family Health Care Decisions Act. Signed into law earlier this year, this law allows family members to make health care decisions, including with special protections for end-of- life decisions, for an...
HEALTH LAW SUPPLEMENT Fall 2010
February 12, 2026
NYS autism treatment law in question. Governor Patterson is considering whether to sign or veto a law (S7000-B) that would require health insurers to cover treatments for persons on the autism spectrum for the life of the...
HEALTH LAW SUPPLEMENT Spring 2010
February 12, 2026
Changes to NYS Managed Care Laws: Several changes, all favorable for practitioners, were recently enacted into law in New York State as part of a comprehensive bill (A. 8402). They became effective January 1, 2010. The most...
HEALTH LAW SUPPLEMENT Winter 2009
February 12, 2026
Notice to patients of breaches of their health information now required under HIPAA. A new HIPAA regulation took effect September 23, 2009 under the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (HITECH).