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Statehouse Shift Ahead for Earned Wage Access? In recent years earned wage access apps, which allow workers to obtain access to their earnings before they receive their paychecks, have exploded in popularity...
SD to Consider App- and Device-Based Age Verification Legislation in 2025 The South Dakota Legislature’s Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors voted...
CA Prohibits ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings California Gov. Newsom (D) signed a bill ( SB 399 ) prohibiting businesses from requiring employees to attend employer-sponsored meetings concerning...
CA Enacts Guardrails for Use of AI in Healthcare California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a pair of bills making the state one of the first to establish guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence...
From Concord, New Hampshire to Sacramento, California and the overwhelming majority of state capitols in between, artificial intelligence has been one of the hottest topics in state legislatures this year...
The California Legislature passed a bill (AB 3129) that, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), would require the state attorney general’s approval before a private equity group or hedge fund could acquire a health care facility or provider in the state. Indiana and Illinois passed similar legislation after the recent closures of several private equity-owned hospitals, including Steward Health Care in Massachusetts and several facilities in Chicago. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey signed a bill (HB 5033) aimed at improving staff training, quality control and oversight of long-term care and nursing home facilities. Those facilities were hit hard by the pandemic and have been plagued by worker shortages and reports of patient mistreatment since then. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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