DES MOINES — Iowa House Republicans and Iowa Senate Democrats introduced their respective legislative proposals Tuesday to ensure safety, support and accountability in nursing homes and long-term care facilities.
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Adding to what has become a national trend, Iowa’s state legislature has advanced a bill that would allow residents and their families to install cameras in nursing home rooms.
Eight months ago, nursing home lobbyists said they’d work this year to kill legislation allowing cameras in nursing homes, but on Tuesday they said they were neutral on the idea.