Every Thursday, Stateside Associates selects health care-related state and local events, legislation, regulation, and programs to highlight in This Week in Health Care.
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STATE HIGHLIGHTS
ALASKA
The Senate Committee on Labor and Commerce will hold a hearing on May 15 regarding the following measure:
SB 283: This measure sets mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios by unit type, including stricter limits for high-acuity settings (e.g., ICU, emergency, labor and delivery), and prohibits hospitals from averaging staffing levels across shifts or counting non–bedside nurses, remote nurses, or nonhuman systems toward minimum requirements.
Contact: Olivia O'Donnell
The House Labor and Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on May 15 regarding the following measure:
SB 83: This measure requires, in the absence of a contract between a healthcare insurer and a healthcare provider that sets allowable charges for healthcare services and supplies given to a covered person, a healthcare insurer to reimburse a healthcare provider for healthcare services provided through telehealth on the same basis and at least at the same rate as for comparable healthcare services provided in person.
Contact: Allison Collins
NEW JERSEY
The Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing on May 18 regarding the following measures:
SB 374: This measure requires health insurers in New Jersey to provide coverage for the treatment of lipedema.
Contact: Olivia O'Donnell
SB 3502: This measure requires health insurance and Medicaid coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Contact: Olivia O'Donnell
