A report released in August shares insights into the integration of AI at state and local governments. The study by Ernst and Young revealed the top barriers for AI adoption. These included unclear governance and/or ethical frameworks, as well as the lack of technology infrastructure. In addition, for top data governance issues, resistance to change topped the list for state and local agencies. The report also revealed a higher daily use of AI for federal agencies versus for state and local agencies.
The Nurse Licensure Compact saw legislative action in nine states and the District of Columbia in 2024. According to the 2024 Volume 3 issue of In Focus, a publication of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, the NLC “saw significant progress and one key enactment.” The NCSBN called enactments in Rhode Island and Washington “significant,” because strong unions in the state “historically opposed the NLC.”
States with full practice authority for nurse practitioners see three main impacts, according to testimony presented to the Texas Health and Human Services committee by Alicia Plemmons from West Virginia University. The effects of expanding NP practice authority include higher rates of NPs moving into the state, with lower rates of practitioners leaving. According to the Knee Center, 27 states now grant NPs full practice authority—“allowing NPs to practice to the fullest extent of their license without the oversight of a physician.”
