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IL House Passes ‘Junk Fee’ Bill The Illinois House passed a bill ( HB 228 ) that would amend the state’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to prohibit businesses from...
Anthropic Not Releasing New AI Model to Public The artificial intelligence company Anthropic—recently in the headlines for demanding that the Pentagon agree to certain limitations on the use of...
CT Lawmakers Target AI in Employment A bill (SB 435) before Connecticut’s legislature would require employers to disclose to job applicants when they are communicating with artificial intelligence...
On March 11, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed HB 2303 . The law, which takes effect June 11, bars employers from requesting, requiring or coercing workers or job applicants to accept a subcutaneous...
ND Regulators Approve Bank-to-Bank Stablecoin Use North Dakota’s Industrial Commission approved the use of the state bank’s planned stablecoin, the Roughrider Coin, for bank-to-bank transactions...
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California’s Legislature passed a bill (SB 339) that would require health insurance companies to cover the cost of pharmacist-filled orders of PrEP medications, which prevent the transmission of HIV. A bill passed in the state in 2019 made PrEP drugs available without a prescription, but pharmacists said they were still having difficulty filling orders for the drugs, due in part to a lack of support from insurers. Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) hasn’t indicated whether or not he supports the new measure. (SACRAMENTO BEE, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Florida’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB 248) that, as amended, would limit pain-and-suffering damages in lawsuits against hospitals and doctors. The measure would limit “non-economic damages” from doctors or practitioners to $500,000, no matter how many are liable, and cap such damages from hospitals and other “nonpractitioners” at $750,000. (WUSF)
Florida’s Senate Judiciary Committee approved a bill (SB 248) that would expand a more than three-decades-old restriction on who can file medical malpractice wrongful death claims. The measure would allow parents of grown children who died as a result of medical negligence to sue the children's health care providers. (INSURANCE JOURNAL)
Ohio’s Senate voted to override Gov. Mide DeWine’s (R) veto of a bill (HB 68) prohibiting doctors from providing gender-affirming care to minors, as well as barring transgender women and girls from participating in women’s sports. The House voted to override the measure earlier this month. The new law is expected to take effect in about 90 days. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, COLUMBUS DISPATCH)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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