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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
A bill (HB 1150) under consideration in the Arkansas House may be the most aggressive effort to regulate pharmacy benefit mangers yet. The measure would bar PBMs from owning pharmacies, potentially forcing healthcare conglomerates like CVS Caremark and United Health’s Optum Rx to split up their businesses in Arkansas. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
The “Health Information Privacy Act” (SB 929) was one of the first major bills to be passed by New York’s Legislature this year. But whether it will be signed into law remains uncertain.
The measure, which would prohibit the sale of health data by any health-related app to third parties without consumers’ consent, was aimed in part at protecting the privacy of those seeking reproductive care, including abortions. And while Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has been a staunch defender of a woman’s right to have an abortion, she will likely face strong opposition from health tech companies at a time when her administration is trying to make the state more business-friendly. (TIMES UNION, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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