Readit NewsGreat line. And my eyes bugged out a little at this part as I also realized what the implications were:
> - They can know when you sleep
> - They can detect when there are 2 people sleeping in the bed instead of 1
> - They can know when it’s night, and no people are in the bed
I have a more pragmatic question. Do any consumer publications do security reviews for products? I'm thinking like consumer reports and how they should probably publish if a product is a security nightmare or not. At the end of the day you still need people publish this stuff out and for social media to spread to consumers to beware, but maybe a magazine type of publication could take on part of that responsibility.
You can see what it looked like here https://gothamist.com/news/map-find-out-how-long-it-takes-to...
The commission is just stating the facts. I don't think they are advocating any change in law. (again from the quoted text).
The fact remains that state veterinarian boards were going after shelter practitioners, the court then gtanted shelters relief - on the basis of the Act - then the Commission generated the post-mortem on the Act.
There seems to be no recommendation from the quoted text?
The whole thing is just three and a half pages, starting on page 41.
On page 43:
"Recommendations
5.1 Request the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs and the House Committee on Agriculture and Livestock to take action to clearly define the scope and limits of the statutory owner exemption in the Veterinary Licensing Act." It goes on...
Basically, all agencies that are authorized by the legislature are set to automatically be abolished in (usually) 12 years. Once the expiration date is near, the Sunset Commission reviews the agency and recommends whether to reauthorize it, in which case the legislature must pass a law to reauthorize, but the "default" is that the agency expires.
This really helps fight the natural tendency of lots of these professional agencies to grow to protect their own power, regardless of their original purpose. And even if agencies are normally always renewed, the review process itself is really useful to, when necessary, smack these agencies upside the head to get them back to their original goal. One example I'm familiar with, a couple years ago the Sunset Commission basically tore the Texas Veterinary Board a new one after they decided to go after animal shelter vets for trying to save animals with extremely limited resources, https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/One-third-of... - actual report at https://www.sunset.texas.gov/public/uploads/files/reports/St...
"Strictly interpreted, the statutory exemption means anyone who practices veterinary medicine in the context of animal shelters and rescue groups is exempt from the Veterinary Licensing Act, including standard of care measures and use of controlled substances. The impact of the decisions is already having an effect on the oversight and regulation of veterinary medicine in Texas, as the agency has begun to close all complaints against shelter veterinarians, declaring them non-jurisdictional based on the decisions. Taken to the extreme and assuming the Act does not apply in the context of shelter medicine, animal shelters and rescue groups would not need to hire licensed veterinarians. If the Act does not apply to the care of these animals, any person regardless of training, education, or qualification, and regardless of their criminal or disciplinary history, would legally be able to practice veterinary medicine on shelter and rescue animals."
The recommendation from the Sunset Commission was therefore for the legislature to change the law to make sure veterinary medicine at rescue clinics WAS regulated.
But it seems like that's the best possible cut.
Also from FAQ:
>Our pricing of $25/hour, which goes down to $16 USD/hour when you purchase a bundle of 10 hour sessions, is split as follows:
>$10, regardless of the package, goes straight to our CPs.
and
> $25/hour if you purchase 1 hour
> $19/hour if you purchase 5 hours
> $16/hour if you purchase 10 hours
So a 60% cut or a 47% cut (!!!)