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States Alter Course on Data Center Tax Breaks Virginia has become the latest state to pass legislation changing its stance on data center tax incentives in the face of growing opposition to the facilities...
DE Legislature Passes Ban on ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Delaware lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 84 ) that would prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend “captive audience”...
As in every part of society it touches, artificial intelligence is changing hiring practices—and state legislators are concerned about the implications. Consider two aspects of AI in labor that...
Banking Law Updates Nearing Enactment in DE A package of bills ( SB 16 , SB 18 and SB 19 ) modernizing Delaware’s banking laws is nearing enactment in the First State. Introduced by Sen. Spiros...
PA House Passes AI in Advertising Bill Pennsylvania’s House passed a bill ( HB 95 ) that would require companies to disclose when they use artificial intelligence in advertisements. Violators would...
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Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey (D) signed a bill (HB 5159) expanding oversight of private equity investment in the healthcare sector. The law is the first in the nation to ban “sale leaseback” agreements, through which hospitals sell their real estate to an investment trust and then lease it back from the REIT. Other states including Indiana, Illinois and New York have also approved legislation aimed at increasing transparency in healthcare acquisitions. (PLURIBUS NEWS).
North Dakota has become the first state to offer coverage for glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and gastric inhibitory polypeptide weight loss drugs in individual plans provided under the Affordable Care Act. The expansion of coverage is part of the state’s first update to its essential health benefit benchmark plan since the ACA was implemented in 2015. North Dakota Insurance Commissioner Jon Godfread (R) said other states were expected to add weight loss drug coverage to their ACA-backed plans too. (FORUM [FARGO-MOORHEAD))
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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