Most Kaiser Permanente medical offices, including primary care, lab, radiology, are closed on federal holidays. According to this Kaiser article, Kaiser Permanente first started observing MLK Day "as a scheduled, paid holiday for employees and physicians across the organization," in 2023.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a federal and Florida state holiday observed on the third Monday in January.

For the first time in three decades, Houston will host a singular parade to honor King.