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‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure...
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted...
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies...
In 2022, there were about 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States. That’s the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations worldwide. That sobering statistic...
DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
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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