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States Continue to Target AI-Driven Rental Pricing Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according...
Trump, Congress Weigh Measures to Preempt State AI Laws The Trump administration circulated—and then put on hold—a draft executive order aimed at preempting state laws regulating artificial...
Last year, after Colorado and California became the first states in the nation to expand privacy protections to include neural data, we said more states could follow suit . This year two more have done...
MI Lawmakers Advance Medical Debt Protections The Michigan Senate’s Health Policy Committee has advanced a trio of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing the burden of medical costs on residents of...
EU Reversing Course on Tech Regulation After aggressively regulating the technology industry for over a decade, the European Union is moving to loosen its landmark digital privacy and artificial intelligence...
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The Arkansas legislature passed a bill (HB 1150) that would make the state the first in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies. A spokesman for Gov. Sarah Sanders (R) declined to say whether she would sign the measure. (TALK BUSINESS & POLITICS, STAT)
AbbVie Inc., maker of Botox and the arthritis drug Humira, has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking a new South Dakota law barring drug companies from limiting drug discounts under the federal 340B program. The law (SB 154), enacted in March, goes into effect in July. (SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The Indiana House passed a bill (SB 475) already approved by the Senate banning noncompete clauses in employment contracts for most physicians in the state. But the Senate refused to concur with a House amendment to the measure, sending it to conference committee. Two years ago, the Senate proposed legislation banning noncompetes for all doctors, but the House amended it to apply only to primary care doctors. (INDIANAPOLIS STAR, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
In a single day Idaho’s House and Senate passed a bill (SB 1211) allowing ivermectin to be sold over the counter. The drug, typically used to treat parasitic infections, was touted as an effective treatment for COVID during the pandemic, although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration says clinical data doesn’t support that claim. (IDAHO STATESMAN, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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