Alabama Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, What Applies
Alabama has no nursing home camera statute or pending bill. Learn what current law allows, the state's one-party consent rule, and practical guidance.
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Nursing Home Camera Laws
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Alaska Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, What Applies
Alaska has no nursing home camera statute or pending bill. Learn what current law allows, the state's one-party consent rule, and practical guidance.
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Arizona Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): SB1564 Reporting Only
Arizona has no right-to-monitor camera law. A 2026 bill to create one died in the Senate. SB1564, the law that did pass, only makes facilities report their camera policy to the state.
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Arkansas Nursing Home Camera Laws: SB616 and What Applies Today
Arkansas has no nursing home camera statute. SB616 died in 2025 without a vote. Learn what current law allows, the bill's history, and practical guidance.
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California Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): RCFE Waiver, SNF Gap
California has no camera statute for nursing homes. Assisted living cameras run through a CDSS waiver that bans audio outright; skilled nursing has no camera guidance at all.
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Colorado Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, What Applies
Colorado has no nursing home camera statute. Assisted living must disclose facility surveillance under 6 CCR 1011-1. Learn what applies and how to proceed.
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Connecticut Nursing Home Camera Laws: Virtual Monitoring Rights
Conn. Gen. Stat. section 19a-550b lets a nursing home resident use audio- or video-capable monitoring technology in their room, with roommate consent required; assisted living is not covered.
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DC Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): No Statute Found
The District of Columbia has no law addressing cameras in nursing home rooms. A direct text search of its nursing facility regulations found zero mentions of monitoring or video.
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Delaware Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): No Statute Found
Delaware has no law addressing cameras in nursing home rooms. A direct sweep of its long-term-care licensing chapter found no monitoring provision. Two overlapping consent statutes fill the gap.
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Florida Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): No Statute, Bill Pending
Florida has no nursing home camera law yet. HB 651 died in 2026 after SB 64 died in 2025. What current law allows, the all-party consent risk, and the ombudsman path.
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Georgia Nursing Home Camera Laws: Nuckles v. State and No Statute
Georgia has no nursing home camera statute. Bills died in 2020 and 2021. What Nuckles v. State actually held, the security exception, and the all-party consent risk for video.
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Hawaii Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, Private-Place Risk
Hawaii has no nursing home camera law. See how HRS 711-1111's private-place rule, facility policy, and the LTC Ombudsman apply to a resident's room camera.
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Idaho Nursing Home Camera Laws: HB 287 and What Applies Today
Idaho has no nursing home camera statute. HB 287 died in committee in 2025. Learn what current law allows, the bill's provisions, and practical guidance.
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Illinois Nursing Home Camera Laws: 210 ILCS 32 and the 2027 Assisted Living Expansion
Illinois nursing home camera law under 210 ILCS 32: roommate consent, cost, penalties, and why assisted living coverage does not start until January 1, 2027.
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Indiana Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute After SB 378 Died
Indiana has no nursing home camera law. A 2021 bill, SB 378, would have created one but never got a hearing. See what governs a resident's camera today.
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Iowa Nursing Home Camera Laws: Rejected for a Sixth Straight Year
Iowa has no nursing home camera statute. SSB 3080 was pulled from committee in 2026 for the sixth year running. Iowa facilities can currently prohibit resident cameras outright.
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Kansas Nursing Home Camera Laws: Authorized Electronic Monitoring Under K.S.A. 39-981
Kansas adult care home camera law under K.S.A. 39-981: assisted living coverage, roommate consent, the video/audio election, and tampering penalties.
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Kentucky Nursing Home Camera Laws: HB 491 and What Applies Today
Kentucky has no nursing home camera statute. HB 491 died in committee in 2026. Learn what current law allows, the bill's provisions, and practical guidance.
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Louisiana Nursing Home Camera Laws: The Nursing Home Virtual Visitation Act
Louisiana nursing home camera law under La. R.S. 40:1193.1-1193.11: nursing-home-only scope, roommate consent, signage cost split, and the refusal-to-admit ban.
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Maine Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, Private-Place Risk
Maine has no nursing home camera law. See why 22 M.R.S. 1827 does not cover it, how 17-A M.R.S. 511's private-place rule applies, and facility policy today.
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Maryland Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): Vera's Law Guidance
Maryland has no statutory right to a nursing home camera. Vera's Law only directs the state to issue voluntary guidelines, and a 2025 bill to create a real right died without a vote.
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Massachusetts Nursing Home Camera Laws: All-Party Consent Risks
Massachusetts has no nursing home camera statute. Its all-party consent wiretap law raises real audio-recording risk. Learn what applies and how to proceed.
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Michigan Nursing Home Camera Laws: SB 412 and the Eavesdropping Risk
Michigan has no nursing home camera statute. SB 412 is pending after a 2020 version was pocket-vetoed. Why an unattended camera raises a different consent risk than recording yourself.
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Minnesota Nursing Home Camera Laws: Electronic Monitoring Under Minn. Stat. § 144.6502
Minnesota nursing home and assisted living camera law under Minn. Stat. §144.6502: roommate consent, the 14-day emergency exception, and the retaliation ban.
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Mississippi Nursing Home Camera Laws: SB 2713 and What Applies Today
Mississippi has no nursing home camera statute. SB 2713 died in committee in 2022. Learn what current law allows, the bill's provisions, and practical guidance.
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Missouri Nursing Home Camera Laws: RSMo §§ 198.610-198.632 Electronic Monitoring
Missouri nursing home and assisted living camera law under RSMo §§198.610-198.632: roommate consent, cost rules, and the class B misdemeanor tampering penalty.
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Montana Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, Notice Regime
Montana has no nursing home camera law. See how the state's announcement-based recording rule under MCA 45-8-213 applies, and what facility policy controls.
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Nebraska Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, One-Party Consent
Nebraska has no nursing home camera law. See what the Health Care Facility Licensure Act does not cover, and how facility policy and consent law apply.
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Nevada Nursing Home Camera Laws: Henry's Law Explained
Henry's Law lets a Nevada skilled nursing patient install a monitoring camera under NRS 449A.180-449A.188, with mandatory facility approval and the state's highest civil penalties for tampering.
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New Hampshire Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, All-Party Rule
New Hampshire has no nursing home camera law. See how He-P 803 is silent, why RSA 570-A's all-party consent rule matters, and what facility policy controls.
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New Jersey Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): Safe Care Cam, A805
New Jersey has no statutory right to a nursing home camera. The Attorney General's Safe Care Cam program lends cameras free, while bill A805 to create a real right sits pending.
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New Mexico Nursing Home Camera Laws: The Patient Care Monitoring Act
New Mexico long-term care camera law under the Patient Care Monitoring Act, NMSA 1978 §§24-26-1 to 24-26-12: consent, signage, and the fourth degree felony penalty.
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New York Nursing Home Camera Laws: Three Bills, No Statute Yet
New York has no nursing home camera statute. Three bills are pending, one now on the Assembly floor calendar. See the current law and one-party consent rules.
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North Carolina Nursing Home Camera Laws: The G.U.A.R.D. Act (HB 591)
North Carolina has no nursing home camera statute. The G.U.A.R.D. Act (HB 591) is stalled in committee. What families can legally do under current law.
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North Dakota Nursing Home Camera Laws: Electronic Monitoring Rights
N.D. Cent. Code ch. 50-10.2 gives nursing home, assisted living and basic care residents the right to install an electronic recording device, with roommate consent and tampering penalties.
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Nursing Home Camera Laws by State
Nursing home camera laws for all 51 U.S. jurisdictions: 17 statute states, WA/OR regulation, MD/WI guidance, NJ program, CA split, plus every bill-pending and no-law state.
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Ohio Nursing Home Camera Laws: Esther's Law Explained
Esther's Law, Ohio R.C. 3721.60-3721.68, lets a nursing home resident install a monitoring device with roommate consent, but does not extend to assisted living or residential care.
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Oklahoma Nursing Home Camera Laws: 63 O.S. § 1-1956.1 Electronic Monitoring
Oklahoma nursing facility, assisted living, and continuum of care camera law under 63 O.S. §1-1956.1: roommate consent, the refusal-to-admit ban, and penalties.
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Oregon Nursing Home Camera Laws: New Assisted Living Rule
Oregon's new temporary rule, OAR 411-054-0025(10), requires a consent form for cameras in assisted living rooms through Feb. 5, 2027. Nursing homes have no rule.
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Pennsylvania Nursing Home Camera Laws: Esther's Law (HB 1350) and the Wiretap Risk
Pennsylvania has no nursing home camera statute. Esther's Law (HB 1350) is pending and would carve out an exception to the state's all-party consent Wiretap Act.
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Rhode Island Nursing Home Camera Laws: Electronic Monitoring Rights
R.I. Gen. Laws chapter 23-17.29 covers electronic monitoring in both nursing homes and assisted living, with mandatory signage, an evidence-admissibility rule and criminal penalties.
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South Carolina Nursing Home Camera Laws: Three Pending Bills
South Carolina has no nursing home camera statute. Three different bills, H.4646, H.4524, and H.3634, are pending with different mechanisms. Current law and one-party consent.
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South Dakota Nursing Home Camera Laws: Video Monitoring Rights
South Dakota's S.D.C.L. chapter 34-12I lets nursing facility and assisted living residents install a video monitoring device, but separately makes audio monitoring a class 1 misdemeanor.
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Tennessee Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, Resident Rights
Tennessee has no nursing home camera law. See what the 26-item resident bill of rights does not cover, and how one-party consent law applies to a camera.
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Texas Nursing Home Camera Laws: Chapter 242, Subchapter R Electronic Monitoring
Texas lets nursing home residents install room cameras under Health & Safety Code Ch. 242, Subch. R. Covers assisted living, roommate consent, cost, and penalties.
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Utah Nursing Home Camera Laws: Monitoring Device Rights
Utah Code section 26B-2-236 gives assisted living residents and secure memory care patients the right to install a monitoring device, but does not cover a general nursing facility room.
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Vermont Nursing Home Camera Laws: No Statute, No Wiretap Law
Vermont has no nursing home camera law and no general wiretap statute at all. See how federal law, the voyeurism statute, and facility policy apply instead.
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Virginia Nursing Home Camera Laws: Electronic Monitoring Rights
Virginia Code section 32.1-138.5:1 lets nursing facility residents install electronic monitoring today; a parallel assisted living law, section 63.2-1808.2, is enacted but not yet in force.
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Washington Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): WAC Monitoring Rights
Washington gives nursing home, assisted living, and adult family home residents a right to request in-room cameras under three WAC regulations. Here is how consent and roommate sign-off work.
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West Virginia Nursing Home Camera Laws: The GRAM'S Act
West Virginia has no nursing home camera statute. The GRAM'S Act has died twice in committee. Learn what current law allows and get practical guidance.
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Wisconsin Nursing Home Camera Laws (2026): DHS Guidance Rules
Wisconsin has no camera statute. DHS guidance for assisted living reads a monitoring right out of the general privacy law, with mandatory roommate consent and a retaliation ban.
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Wyoming Nursing Home Camera Laws: Electronic Monitoring Act
Wyoming's Long-term Care Electronic Monitoring Act, Wyo. Stat. sections 35-2-1301 to 1308, covers nursing care and assisted living with mandatory signage, but no dedicated tampering penalty.
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