Suffolk County recently passed a law that requires Wal-Mart to provide health care benefits for its employees within the county. What is most interesting is that they had to be very sneaky in how they wrote their law because it actually violates federal laws:

The Suffolk County Legislature was warned in a public hearing that its mandate likely violated federal laws; it passed it anyway, 17-1. Maryland legislators appear to have written their law in a cagey attempt to evade Erisa rules. Supporters argue that since employers have a "choice" between providing the new benefits or paying the state a fine, the law is not really a health-care mandate.