On Aug. 2, 2021, Governor Phil Murphy announced that New Jersey health care workers in certain state and private facilities must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or face consistent COVID-19 testing to help curb the continued spread of the virus. Governor Murphy’s contemporaneous Aug. 2, 2021, press release states the new requirements will apply to
The new health care law, otherwise known as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), requires that, beginning after December 31, 2013, “applicable large employers” must provide affordable health coverage to their full-time employees. Failure to do so may subject these employers to a shared responsibility payment, or an “assessable payment,” pursuant to Internal