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TX Lawmaker Targeting Pornographic Deepfake Tools Accessible by Minors Texas Rep. Mary González (D) has prefiled a package of bills for next year’s session targeting minors’ access...
Nursing Home Industry Pushing for Repeal of Nurse Staffing Mandate With President-elect Donald Trump returning to the White House next year, the nursing home industry has been ramping up its efforts...
Nearly 16 years after it was made available to the public, bitcoin is poised for its biggest moments yet in 2025. Thanks to growing acceptance among regulators, businesspeople and political leaders,...
AI Regulation to Remain in State Hands in 2025 In the absence of congressional action on artificial intelligence, state legislatures have taken the lead on the issue. And that’s likely to continue...
NLRB Prohibits Mandatory Anti-Union Meetings In a decision stemming from a complaint over Amazon’s actions before a successful unionization election at a New York warehouse in 2022, the National...
The Pennsylvania House Health Committee approved a bill (HB 2339) that would require hospitals to publish a list of the standard costs for all of their services on their website. It would also prohibit hospitals that fail to do so from collecting medical debt from patients who receive services from the hospital and from reporting that debt to a credit reporting agency. (PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Legislation (HF 685) enacted in Iowa last year is making it more difficult for financially struggling nursing homes in the state find buyers, according to a court-appointed receiver for several facilities in that situation. The law allowed the state to require prospective buyers to set up an escrow account with enough funds to keep their acquired facility operating for at least two months, and the receiver said that requirement “has significantly slowed the market for the sale of nursing homes in Iowa.” He noted that in 2021 there were 10 sales, in 2022 there were four sales and last year there was just one, which happened before the new law took effect. (NEWS FROM THE STATES)
Georgia House Speaker Jon Burns (R) said his chamber will consider legislation to enshrine protection of in vitro fertilization next session, after passing a resolution supporting IVF last session, in response to an Alabama Supreme Court decision that temporarily halted the procedure in that state. Burns’ statement was issued hours after the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in the country, voted to oppose the use of IVF. (ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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