06 May Compliance Conference Session 4

2026 FEDERAL AND STATE REGULATORY UPDATE

This session will cover key federal and state legal developments that impact developmental disability providers. Federal topics include the Access Rule, Section 504 regulations, HIPAA, and AI. State level developments include OPWDD and OMIG regulatory updates. This session will assist providers in updating their compliance programs and managing regulatory risk.

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Presenters

Mario F. Ayoub, Senior Associate, Bond, Schoeneck & King LLC

Mario Ayoub focuses his practice on the intersection of law and technology, including incident response, technology transactions, artificial intelligence, data governance, and software development. He works with clients from a wide variety of industries including healthcare, financial services, higher education, and manufacturing to ensure they are compliant with data privacy and cybersecurity regulations and laws.

Roger Bearden, Member, Bond, Schoeneck & King

Roger Bearden became a partner at Bond, Schoeneck & King this year and works in the health care practice in the firm’s Albany, New York, office. His practice includes administrative and regulatory advocacy as well as litigation challenging agency actions that exceed statutory authority. In addition, he advises health and human services providers across developmental disability, mental health, substance abuse, and other services. Before joining Bond, Bearden held senior leadership roles in New York state government, including special counsel to the governor and executive deputy commissioner and general counsel for the New York State Office for People with Developmental Disabilities.