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Bill Setting Rounding Rules for Cash Transactions Advances in FL The Florida Senate Commerce and Tourism Committee advanced a bill ( SB 1074 ) that would direct retailers how to round cash transactions...
NH Bill Aimed at Banning Political Discrimination in Workplace New Hampshire Rep. Terry Roy (R) has introduced a bill ( HB 1464 ) that would prohibit employers from refusing to hire, barring from employment...
ACA Health Insurance Enrollments Down by More Than 800,000 About 830,000 fewer Americans have signed up for Affordable Care Act health insurance plans than last year, according to data from the Centers...
What a difference a year makes. In March of last year, we reported that many states were considering requiring insurers to cover popular weight-loss drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro and Victoza....
State Lawmakers Target Data Centers State lawmakers are considering legislation to protect consumers from rising energy prices as data centers drive up demand. A bill [ HB 3546 (2025) ] passed in Oregon...
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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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