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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...
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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...
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Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One (AB 43) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth control to those 18 and older. It now moves to the Senate. Another measure approved by the Assembly (SB 4) would exempt direct primary care, where patients pay monthly or annual fees to access primary care services, from the state’s insurance laws. Passed by the Senate in February, it now goes to Gov. Tony Evers (D). The Assembly also approved SB 14, which would require hospitals to obtain written consent from patients before performing pelvic examinations on them while they are unconscious for educational purposes. It now goes to the governor’s desk as well. (WISCONSIN EXAMINER, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Iowa’s legislature passed a bill (SF 383) that would impose new restrictions on pharmacy benefit managers. If signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) the measure would prohibit PBMs from using financial incentives or other strategies to encourage customers to use specific pharmacies. PBMs would also be required to reimburse pharmacies at a drug’s national average acquisition cost. (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
As part of his plan to address a projected $12 billion budget deficit, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) proposed ending coverage of popular weight loss drugs Ozempic and Wegovy under Medi-Cal, the state’s Medicaid program, on Jan. 1, 2026. According to the governor’s office, that change would save the state $85 million in the upcoming 2025-26 fiscal year and as much as $680 million by the 2028-29 fiscal year. (CALMATTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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