Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA)
A federal judge in Idaho Aug. 24 preliminarily enjoined an Idaho law in circumstances where it would conflict with the requirements of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. The court concluded that the Idaho law lacks 鈥渁 cutout for EMTALA-required care,鈥 and thus 鈥渨ould inject鈥
The Department of Justice today filed a lawsuit challenging an Idaho law restricting abortion.
The Department of Health and Human Services today released guidance and a letter to providers regarding HHS enforcement of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act in light of the Supreme Court鈥檚 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women鈥檚 Health Organization.