Multiple Healthcare Enactments in MI, GOP AG’s Challenge to Federal Nursing Home Staffing Requirements & More

MI Addresses Multiple Healthcare Issues

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed over half a dozen bills dealing with healthcare and family support. The measures include SB 790 and SB 791, allowing home help caregivers to unionize, and SB 929, increasing pay for healthcare workers and expanding low-income residents’ access to healthcare. (MICHIGAN ADVANCE)

GOP AGs Challenge Federal Nursing Home Staffing Requirements

The Republican attorneys general of 20 states filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa aimed at overturning a Biden administration rule setting minimum staffing requirements for nursing homes. The Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule requires nursing homes that receive payments from Medicare or Medicaid to provide 3.48 hours of direct nursing care per resident per day. The nursing home industry says it couldn’t afford to meet that requirement, even if it could find the staff needed to do so in the midst of a national healthcare workforce shortage. (KENTUCKY LANTERN)

MD Testing Drone Delivery of Medical Supplies

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) announced a pilot program to test the use of drones to deliver medical supplies to rural areas. Pennsylvania and Virginia and tribal nations in North Dakota are conducting similar programs. (PLURIBUS NEWS)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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