Hospital Price Transparency Invoice Advances in PA
The Pennsylvania Home Well being Committee authorized a invoice (HB 2339) that will require hospitals to publish a listing of the usual prices for all of their companies on their web site. It could additionally prohibit hospitals that fail to take action from gathering medical debt from sufferers who obtain companies from the hospital and from reporting that debt to a credit score reporting company. (PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
New IA Regulation Slowing Gross sales of Struggling Nursing Houses
Laws (HF 685) enacted in Iowa final 12 months is making it harder for financially struggling nursing properties within the state discover consumers, in response to a court-appointed receiver for a number of amenities in that state of affairs. The legislation allowed the state to require potential consumers to arrange an escrow account with sufficient funds to maintain their acquired facility working for at the least two months, and the receiver stated that requirement “has considerably slowed the marketplace for the sale of nursing properties in Iowa.” He famous that in 2021 there have been 10 gross sales, in 2022 there have been 4 gross sales and final 12 months only one, which occurred earlier than the brand new legislation took impact. (NEWS FROM THE STATES)
GA Home Pledges Assist for Laws Defending IVF
Georgia Home Speaker Jon Burns (R) stated his chamber will take into account laws to enshrine safety of in vitro fertilization subsequent session, after passing a decision supporting IVF final session, in response to an Alabama Supreme Court docket determination that quickly halted the process in that state. Burns’ assertion was issued hours after the Southern Baptist Conference, the most important Protestant denomination within the nation, voted to oppose the usage of IVF. (ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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